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View Poll Results: Which Bicep Exercise Do You Do? | |
Chin-ups
|    | 8 | 25.00% | |
Curls
|    | 17 | 53.13% | |
Other
|    | 7 | 21.88% |  | 
Dec. 14/07, 05:56 PM
| | Newb | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 25
| | | Chin-ups and/or Curls? Which do you do and why? Both are my favorite exercises. Lately, I've been doing chin-ups at the beginning of my workout, and curls at the end. Chin-ups workout my back and stomach too, but I can do heavier resistance with curls. I'm on the fence as to which I should stick to. | 
Dec. 14/07, 06:03 PM
|  | I love me some Mreik | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Behind Mreik, waxing his back
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| | | I really don't understand why you'd exclude one or the other. Keep your chin ups as they're an excellent movement. Throw in a couple of isometric holds on your chins at the last 1-2 reps for stimulation a bit more of the biceps. Hit your bicep variation movements at the end of your workout. And make sure you're working your triceps as much as your biceps. | 
Dec. 14/07, 07:19 PM
|  | Bond Boy | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southern California
Posts: 3,953
| | | I do chins and curls.
If I had to choose, i'd pick chins just because its a more intense exercise. Though i enjoy doing curls more, I love the feeling of that pump and when your veins are poppin out when your at the height of the curl.
As arnold used to say, it feels like cumming. | 
Dec. 15/07, 03:37 AM
| | Fourth Set | | Join Date: Jun 2006
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| | Quote:
Originally Posted by the3kgt2 Which do you do and why? Both are my favorite exercises. Lately, I've been doing chin-ups at the beginning of my workout, and curls at the end. Chin-ups workout my back and stomach too, but I can do heavier resistance with curls. I'm on the fence as to which I should stick to. | you can curl more than you can chin | 
Dec. 15/07, 04:57 AM
|  | Wearing a Cool Hat | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Lexington, SC
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I'm on the fence as to which I should stick to.
| Do both, there is no reason to choose one or the other. | 
Dec. 15/07, 05:43 AM
|  | International Man of Mystery | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Greater Cincinnati
Posts: 2,507
| | | Neither. Pull ups and rows hit my biceps | 
Dec. 15/07, 09:27 AM
|  | Verge of Overtraining | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Northern California
Posts: 1,437
| | | Yeah, I don't really see any point in wasting my time doing an exercise like curls that only hit a very small number of muscles. Chin-ups work a lot more muscles than curls. After my whole upper body workout, my biceps get worked in most of the exercises, there's no need to add curls on top of that. | 
Dec. 15/07, 03:14 PM
| | Newb | | Join Date: Jun 2007
Posts: 25
| | | My arms are disproportional to my weight (I have 13.5" arms, but I only weigh 142lbs) so pull-ups and chin-ups are very easy for me. I think I should invest in a weighted belt or vest. | 
Dec. 15/07, 03:58 PM
|  | International Man of Mystery | | Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Greater Cincinnati
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Originally Posted by the3kgt2 My arms are disproportional to my weight (I have 13.5" arms, but I only weigh 142lbs) so pull-ups and chin-ups are very easy for me. I think I should invest in a weighted belt or vest. | Absolutely. If you're a male in good shape you probably need to do weighted pull-ups or chins. "dip" belts don't cost that much. | 
Dec. 17/07, 04:38 AM
| | 45h45h5hfghfghnsnfg | | Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 5,132
| | | I do chins and curls, i put down curls on the poll as they are the iso that i directly do for the biceps.
Any pull exercise will work the biceps in some way. | 
Dec. 17/07, 09:35 AM
|  | Verge of Overtraining | | Join Date: May 2007
Posts: 1,460
| | | I usually do chin ups and dips. I would do pull ups, but they hurt like crap so I stopped since I didn't find it fun. For chin ups, I do roughly 10-12 per day, and dips I do about 5-6. I usually start off with 5 chin ups with arms about shoulder length, and then I go about my exercises, and end it with a stretch, and chin ups on the bars sticking out, and dips. It feels great after doing cardio such as running or what not. |  | | Thread Tools | Search this Thread | | | | | Display Modes | Rate This Thread | Linear Mode | |
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