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Alright, for the last 2 months i've been doing standing dumbbell curls and progressing through the weights, and I've noticed my biceps really growing, since I've been doign standing dumbbell curls, standing barbell curls, tricep pushdowns, and curls on the cable. So, Sunday night a regular at the gym was talking to me and told me that if I want to get more definition that I would have to go to the incline bench (pardon my terminology, im still terrible at it, so im talking about not the bench, but the adjustable seat thats usually next to it at gyms) and do curls on that, so today I tried it, and as he told me I had to drop my weight because it was harder. My question is, exactly how much incline should should be on the chair? should it be straight up, slightly angles, or even further, and is it better than standing dumbbell curls, but it is harder, so im guessing yes .
So ill take any feedback and suggestions, standing dumbbell curls or on the incline bench chair thing.
Don't listen to him. Based on that comment I can tell he has no idea what he is talking about. Getting more definition in your arms has nothing to do with the type of curl you do. Doing curls on an incline seat is a good isolation bicep exercise because you can't "cheat" when lifting the weight which you can do when standing. Use this exercise to add some variety to your workout so you're not doing the same curls every week. Want more definition? Lose body fat.
Don't listen to him. Based on that comment I can tell he has no idea what he is talking about. Getting more definition in your arms has nothing to do with the type of curl you do. Doing curls on an incline seat is a good isolation bicep exercise because you can't "cheat" when lifting the weight which you can do when standing. Use this exercise to add some variety to your workout so you're not doing the same curls every week. Want more definition? Lose body fat.
I think he said something about more isolation, mainly becuase he said i had to drop my weight becuase it would be harder, and talked about when I was standing I was using another muslce as well as the bicep, guess I had some body movement that day when pulling up the bicep.
I'm not sure, but I think you might mean the preacher curl? Which is where there is a seat and you put your arms over an inclined pad and your underarm is under the top of the pad. Preacher curls are harder and do feel different than any standing curls. If you are talking about the preacher curl, you wanna be able to sit comfortably and lean forward a little, and make sure your arms completely over the pad, you should have it set so your upper tricep is at the top of the pad, so it's very close to or under your underarm. Don't have your elbow at the top of the pad.
Anyway, if you aren't talking about preacher curls skip all of this, if you mean doing curls on an incline bench it's not much different than doing them standing up, just watch your form and make sure you don't swing your body
You want big biceps? Do some underhanded chin-ups. If you can do more than 10 reps, start hanging weight from your body.
Preacher curls suck. You like gymnasts' arms? Do you think that they waste a single iota of their time even doing dumbbell curls? Work the bar, maybe get some rings. You'll have an enviable set of arms, and impressive shoulders, back and chest to go with them in no time!
i can do 55 lbs in ea arm, and im younger than u and weigh less so you could probably do 65 or 70 fairly quickly; here is my bicep routine:
10 reps @ 15 lbs, wait 5 seconds then do 5 reps @ 15 lbs (repeat in other arm), next;
10 reps @ 20 lbs, wait 5 secs then do 5 reps @ same weight (repeat in other arm), finally;
10 reps @ 25 lbs, again wait 5 secs then try to do 5 reps @ same weight (repeat in other arm) NOTE: last set is fairly hard so you might want to do 8 then 4 until you can do 10 and 5. Hope it helps!
i can do 55 lbs in ea arm, and im younger than u and weigh less so you could probably do 65 or 70 fairly quickly; here is my bicep routine:
10 reps @ 15 lbs, wait 5 seconds then do 5 reps @ 15 lbs (repeat in other arm), next;
10 reps @ 20 lbs, wait 5 secs then do 5 reps @ same weight (repeat in other arm), finally;
10 reps @ 25 lbs, again wait 5 secs then try to do 5 reps @ same weight (repeat in other arm) NOTE: last set is fairly hard so you might want to do 8 then 4 until you can do 10 and 5. Hope it helps!
right now with standing reps im doing:
12 reps @ 20 each arm
12 reps @ 25 each arm
12 reps @ 30 each arm
12 reps @ 30 each arm
12 reps @ 30 each arm
Alright, for the last 2 months i've been doing standing dumbbell curls and progressing through the weights, and I've noticed my biceps really growing, since I've been doign standing dumbbell curls, standing barbell curls, tricep pushdowns, and curls on the cable. So, Sunday night a regular at the gym was talking to me and told me that if I want to get more definition that I would have to go to the incline bench (pardon my terminology, im still terrible at it, so im talking about not the bench, but the adjustable seat thats usually next to it at gyms) and do curls on that, so today I tried it, and as he told me I had to drop my weight because it was harder. My question is, exactly how much incline should should be on the chair? should it be straight up, slightly angles, or even further, and is it better than standing dumbbell curls, but it is harder, so im guessing yes .
So ill take any feedback and suggestions, standing dumbbell curls or on the incline bench chair thing.
-Donny
Different angles will work great but to get cut arms you have to lower bodyfat.
Higher in numbers, but the same amount of clueless advice per capita. I tried that site. Wasn't really impressed with the quality of knowledge there. No real philosophy to the place.
Doing too many reps in my opinion. Studies have proven that lifting heavy weight with longer rests builds the most muscle. YOu should be increasing the weight every set until your last set you can only do 2-3 reps before failure and resting 2-3 minutes. Then a burnout set and superset completely exhaust the muscle.
A curl is a curl is a curl. Essentially you're doing the same motion over and over again. Don't overtrain. If you workout biceps when you should (after back), you only have to do one exercise. Your bicep muscles will be almost completely exhausted after the back workout. Good form, no matter which type of curl you do, is most important. The angle of the seat when doing an inclined curl isn't that important. Whatever is comfortable.
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