Article: Tony Freeman's Arm Routine

Barbell curls definitely aren't for everyone. They just give such an unnatural movement, I can't stand them. If I'm going to use a bar for biceps, curl bar all the way.
 
lexmuscle said:
Barbell curls definitely aren't for everyone. They just give such an unnatural movement, I can't stand them. If I'm going to use a bar for biceps, curl bar all the way.
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Agreed. Straight bar curls end up hurting the bottom bones in my forearms
 
Only problem with this is that may work for some, far too many average Joes follow this type of arm workout which will help get a bicep peak, but most neglect reverse curls and hammer curls for the braccialis and did me adds thickness vs training for a peak when most need both and do nothing forearms. Fore arms are more impressive to me that's a lot of extra dedication for those not genetically gifted. Same with calves and legs. Not hard to build thick legs but weak calves are sad. Some can't do anything about it, some lie about trying to. Plenty out there would do well to cut arms for a couple weeks and blast fore, calves and traps. Lucky that I have time to throw that in once a week. Also don't overtrain dem arms, your other lifts will suffer. I'm crazy and will do 2x a week some weeks but they recover before the next lifting day(always throw reverse and hammers in it makes a massive improvement) also wrist rollers an fat grip people! Make it the year of Popeye forearms and football sized calves and traps that look like someone implanted a brick in... instead of a million curls, pr essdowns with all the weight, bench press and leg press every other Sunday, get awesome! Lol, go home ambien your about to pass out. Side note anyone have studies linking ambien and hgh increase from rem sleep?
 
hitokiri said:
Not really! It depends how you curl! I always use straight bar 5x5 all the way!
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5x5 curls seem kind of a waste to me. My arms never grew until I started doing heavy pull ups and heavy rowing movements. The arms work is simply for shaping. Hence the lighter weight and more contraction.
 
EatMoar said:
5x5 curls seem kind of a waste to me. My arms never grew until I started doing heavy pull ups and heavy rowing movements. The arms work is simply for shaping. Hence the lighter weight and more contraction.
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It's all about tension. So what ever you do should be tension oriented.
 
EatMoar said:
5x5 curls seem kind of a waste to me. My arms never grew until I started doing heavy pull ups and heavy rowing movements. The arms work is simply for shaping. Hence the lighter weight and more contraction.
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Pull-ups are an amazing upper body builder gotta love em
 
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