what is considered a heavy bicep curl? im pretty new to lifting and weak af, but i curl 35lbs at 3x10 and it seems to be more than a lot of guys who are much larger than me. even my friends who have way higher main lifts than me curl around that much.
im thinking of doing 4x15 at 30lbs instead in order to increase bicep mass, but not sure
i've been working on my form on db curls for a while and i feel like they are pretty solid up until the 8th rep, but after that they start to fall apart for sure. in that case, pushing myself to 10 reps at 35 is probably not smart.
on the other hand, the area of my body i have noticed the most obvious improvement this past year are my biceps, so i cant be doing it totally wrong
Who cares. Just ensure you're failing between 10-20 reps and your muscle itself is getting a skin splitting pump. Strength and size aren't directly coorelated. More size means more potential strength, but usually massive people don't train for strength and so are weaker than lifters that do despite being bigger.
Just tension at the top, squeeze the fricker out like choking a stupid b***h up, try to get to as high reps as you can and once you feel the burn proper, rest. Also helps if you can do some chin ups to isolate your back prior to curls.
I have never found a reason to curl more than 45-50lbs DBs just for hypertrophy purposes. Even with 60-70% of that I can still get a great workout if I focus a lot more on form and isolation.
Right now all I do for biceps are regular DB curls, hammer curls, cable curls. Usually do my curls seated and often use fat gripz. In the past I've tried everything in the book though, I even have an arm blaster that I use occasionally, but these days I generally avoid everything that could give me tendonitis.
Any idea how many sets of curls you do in a week? I'm averaging 16 right and wondering if I should do more.
2 years ago
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If I stick to my routine it's 2 exercises á 3 sets, 3 times a week, 18 total
2 years ago
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Dope, thank you. Will probably add a bit when I go back to bulking
2 years ago
Anonymous
I would focus more on exercise selection / execution rather than throwing more volume at the bis because 16 sets should already be sufficient. You will be better off finding an exercise that you respond well to than doing more of an exercise that is suboptimal for you. You can always increase volume or frequency later.
He's just pumping off
Probably does sweet chinups and bicep things
form, rep range, intensity
>training biceps in 2022
lmao
post arms
It’s not about arm size. I can pull up 14 reps bw and chin up 15 reps.
What’s a bicep curl going to do?
you sound like a moron
>It's not about arm size
I think you're in the wrong thread anon
Damn bro, great definition
people aren't talking about strength in this thread anon they're talking about size.
Also, 15 chin ups is like, solid, but not nuts? Wouldn't brag about that.
do it every day
This and probably some shit like 15x10 quite possibly twice a day
what is considered a heavy bicep curl? im pretty new to lifting and weak af, but i curl 35lbs at 3x10 and it seems to be more than a lot of guys who are much larger than me. even my friends who have way higher main lifts than me curl around that much.
im thinking of doing 4x15 at 30lbs instead in order to increase bicep mass, but not sure
Your form is shit that's why you curl more
i've been working on my form on db curls for a while and i feel like they are pretty solid up until the 8th rep, but after that they start to fall apart for sure. in that case, pushing myself to 10 reps at 35 is probably not smart.
on the other hand, the area of my body i have noticed the most obvious improvement this past year are my biceps, so i cant be doing it totally wrong
i mean its plausible its just a genetic strong point for you, as well. Just be careful you don't give yourself forearm tendonitis going heavy with it
Who cares. Just ensure you're failing between 10-20 reps and your muscle itself is getting a skin splitting pump. Strength and size aren't directly coorelated. More size means more potential strength, but usually massive people don't train for strength and so are weaker than lifters that do despite being bigger.
I'd consider anything over 50 pounds for 5 sets of 8-12 heavy
Gear? Pretty sure that’s kilos not pounds.
12 kilos is nothing for curling though
Yeah but not as absurd as 12 pounds
Be 4'5"
this
shorter arm means curling (also lateral raises or front raises for that matter) is gonna be inherently easier
Just tension at the top, squeeze the fricker out like choking a stupid b***h up, try to get to as high reps as you can and once you feel the burn proper, rest. Also helps if you can do some chin ups to isolate your back prior to curls.
I have never found a reason to curl more than 45-50lbs DBs just for hypertrophy purposes. Even with 60-70% of that I can still get a great workout if I focus a lot more on form and isolation.
Could you post a 'cep?
Right one is from just now with no pump the other two are a little older
Damn, nice! Was curious what a 'cep that can curl like that looks like
What else do you do besides curls?
Right now all I do for biceps are regular DB curls, hammer curls, cable curls. Usually do my curls seated and often use fat gripz. In the past I've tried everything in the book though, I even have an arm blaster that I use occasionally, but these days I generally avoid everything that could give me tendonitis.
Any idea how many sets of curls you do in a week? I'm averaging 16 right and wondering if I should do more.
If I stick to my routine it's 2 exercises á 3 sets, 3 times a week, 18 total
Dope, thank you. Will probably add a bit when I go back to bulking
I would focus more on exercise selection / execution rather than throwing more volume at the bis because 16 sets should already be sufficient. You will be better off finding an exercise that you respond well to than doing more of an exercise that is suboptimal for you. You can always increase volume or frequency later.
Keep lifting until they grow
Dude in the middle of your shirt looks like Zyzz
By doing strict