>do barbell curl
>standart 10-12 reps
>"easy"
>try make it a challenge, add more weight
>sweating, puffing, engaging my abs, legs, glutes and back, all muscles I can
>done 6 reps
Guys, is it normal? I want to progressively go higher and make my biceps strong, but with all that muscles involving it more like full body exercise rather than bicep's. Should I swith to something else?
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That's called ego lifting. Bicep curls are an isolation exercise for your bicep. When you start throwing around your whole body to curl you risk injury and youre not maximizing gains. Either increase the weight in smaller increments, switch to chinups to involve more of your body while still growing your arms, or just do some compound lifts instead.
Thanks frens.
>do some compound lifts instead
Which compound lifts are good for biceps?
Yes its normal. Appreciate the extra work its forcing you to exert. Isolation exercises are mostly a meme.
Chin-ups, inverted rows, barbell rows, etc.
Lifting hack: exercises which are hardest in the short position (dumbbell lateral raises, tricep kickback, leg extensions, spider curls) are ones where going heavy beyond a certain point just irreparably fricks with your form, whereas exercises which hit your muscles hardest in the lengthened position, (squat, RDLs, bench, incline) can generally be loaded so you're doing quite low reps but your form doesn't fall apart.
Barbell curls are in-between, they load the bicep quite hard in the midrange, so if you're doing 12 reps and you add a bit of weight, you have to be a bit careful that your form doesn't fall apart doing like 6-7 reps but at the same time it's not impossible.
>6 reps of barbell curls
What the frick, might as well just not workout at all. What's the point if you're not doing any volume to actually grow muscle.
Pretty sure he means per set.
>wake up
>be eastern euro white with good genetics and top 5% IQ who used to lift but now I just eat right and genetics does the rest to maintain my emmaculate physique
>maybe frick my wife if i got time
>go to work
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>cook dinner
>frick my wife
>do some reading
>frick my wife
>sleep
rate? I did this for 3 years and I am like 1 good abs session from seeing my 6 pack again at all times. I still maintain a 225 bench and 155 OHP casually, my wife says I've been gaining weight but i just keep reminding her who fricks her into a cum-drunk stupor at least 3 times a day and also pays for all her shit
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eastern European and good genetics are an oxymoron
cheat curls are unironically great
you're using way too much weight numnuts. These things take time, that's why you're ready to give up and switch to something else, no patience.
>do an exercise
>easy
>add more weight
>hard
>GuYS wHAT gIvEs iS tHiS nOrmAL
Sometimes IST is so staggeringly fricking moronic it disgusts me
STOP DOING CURLS THEY ARE A DOGSHIT EXERCISE
Even one arm dumbbell curls?
ESPECIALLY one arm dumbell curls
You can try seated preacher curls, they restrict the ability to compensate the movement with other muscles. I use an EZ-bar since it's more comfortable for my wrists. Make sure to not ego-lift with crazy weights, warm up adequately and prioritize slow and steady but sustainable growth and add 1-3 reps max each workout. Personally I do 3 sets of 8-12 reps and raise the weight when I get to 3 sets of 12 reps. When lowering the bar, do it in a controlled manner to not hurt your tendons.
Get ready to be quote replied by scaremongers just because you brought up preacher curls even though you recommended a reasonable rep range & controlled tempo
What's the scare? I go hard as frick on preacher curls. I mean heavy as I can do really pushing through it. you're not gonna snap your shit on preachers unless you're roiding or made of paper
Nice vid. Looks like op is more of a weightlifter than a bodybuilder.
kai sounds absolutely gassed the whole time