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is it a bad idea to do heavy preacher curls of like 5 reps
then use the same weight untill u can get 8-10 reps with it and increase it the next session to a weight u can only do 5 reps again?
that way use more and more weight
get bigger and bigger arms?
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I think they call that bodybuilding, PNS...
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High Volume for biceps.
Heavy weight just goes to tendons and fucks up your elbows.
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If you go super heavy and max out, don't do FULL Reps. ;)
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5 reps are a horrible idea for any bodypart.
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High Volume for biceps.
Heavy weight just goes to tendons and fucks up your elbows.
All Volume
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All Volume
All drugs.
p.s. You are a filthy schmoe.
Edit. Ronnie and Dorian both looked like shit, but Ronnie slightly less so.
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If you go super heavy and max out, don't do FULL Reps. ;)
i do full reps always like really lock out elbows at preacher curls like alex the nuclear baby
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I like preachers but for some reason I always think they are useless...like pushdowns.
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I like preachers but for some reason I always think they are useless...like pushdowns.
it's useful to directly train the bicep since it doesn't get a lot of stimulation from pulling exercises unlike what they want us to believe
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it's useful to directly train the bicep since it doesn't get a lot of stimulation from pulling exercises unlike what they want us to believe
Close grip chins activate a lot of the biceps broseph.
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Close grip chins activate a lot of the biceps broseph.
i do them weighted and hard
soreness in back muscles next day
never bicep muscles
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i do them weighted and hard
soreness in back muscles next day
never bicep muscles
Ditto but it hits my arms instead. Must be some physiology differences.
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Ditto but it hits my arms instead. Must be some physiology differences.
do u have short arms?
i have long arms
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do u have short arms?
i have long arms
Nah really long arms. I have high lats, maybe it's that.... ???
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High Volume for biceps.
Heavy weight just goes to tendons and fucks up your elbows.
Must be somewhat disagreed.
I got my best results (lol) from doing curls with old school straight bar in range of 4-6 reps.
Of course it fuked up my elbow for awhile but biceps grew 8)
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do u have short arms?
i have long arms
He got very short arms...
(http://www.grenswetenschap.nl/images/artikelfoto/TR%20Softenon%20Children%201%20090512.jpg)
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Nah really long arms. I have high lats, maybe it's that.... ???
possibly i think i have low lats? http://oi56.tinypic.com/2dtd3ix.jpg
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He got very short arms...
You fuked !!
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Must be somewhat disagreed.
I got my best results (lol) from doing curls with old school straight bar in range of 4-6 reps.
Of course it fuked up my elbow for awhile but biceps grew 8)
It's the old holy grail pursuit.
I think it differs for everyone. :-\
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It's the old holy grail pursuit.
I think it differs for everyone. :-\
Yea.
Many guys seem not get the feeling in biceps when doing low reps. I dunno what they are doing... I have always felt it in biceps from the first rep.
On the other hand, arms are only part of me that have ever looked even somewhat decent ;D
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possibly i think i have low lats? http://oi56.tinypic.com/2dtd3ix.jpg
Yeah real low. We are laying down hard science on the validity of exercises applicable to the structural variances in body construction...Serious business...
I'm sure that Arnold said that standing barbell curls didn't work well for Franco because his lats would take over. Low lats too.
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i do full reps always like really lock out elbows at preacher curls like alex the nuclear baby
your maxed out done lol you may get a little stronger but until you take a needle and put in your ass or some pill your pretty much stuck its over nice run :P
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your maxed out done lol you may get a little stronger but until you take a needle and put in your ass or some pill your pretty much stuck its over nice run :P
fucking depressing :-(
even more since you said steroids increase strength only by 20% max
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I like preachers but for some reason I always think they are useless...like pushdowns.
wrong... preachers are a very important bi excercise.....
play with hand position... and keeps the elbows in
trust me on this
(http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y225/lucas78/coldbi.jpg)
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fucking depressing :-(
even more since you said steroids increase strength only by 20% max
Don't worry. You can be good in something else..
;D
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kinda weirds me out to see my name get used like a definitive answer on subjects, never my intention and actually what i meant was a response to a video of some guy talking about how "you don't need steroids to get 22 inch arms, you just need to incorporate powerlifting" claiming that you could get 22 inch arms by 1 rep maxing on the preacher curl, which is pretty pointless in every sense since biceps are never a sticking point in any compound lift nor will doing 1 rep maxes add any size.
i also think if you are trying to work on sticking points for powerlifting, it's better to just do lockouts or incorporate chains/bands. attempting to do 1rep maxes with isolation movement is a waste of time.
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what I don't get is why would anyone want to do 5 reps on any isolation exercise. Is this something your old coach told you he would do to show them there steroid users how strong he was compared to them?
I rarely go past the 35's for any iso work but there's plenty of 15" armed hardcore Iron Warriors who swing twice as much as that around
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what I don't get is why would anyone want to do 5 reps on any isolation exercise. Is this something your old coach told you he would do to show them there steroid users how strong he was compared to them?
I rarely go past the 35's for any iso work but there's plenty of 15" armed hardcore Iron Warriors who swing twice as much as that around
I was doing fifteen sets of barbell curls pyramid between 115lb and 160lb when i weighed 160lb.
Arms were guess how much? after doing that 6 months. 14 and a half. Heavyweight just ends up strengthening my tendons and bones, it bypassed my muscle. Like the lower weight class Olympic lifters lol.
I don't even worry about weight i just focus on feeling the moevement nowadays.
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I was doing fifteen sets of barbell curls pyramid between 115lb and 160lb when i weighed 160lb.
Arms were guess how much? after doing that 6 months. 14 and a half. Heavyweight just ends up strengthening my tendons and bones, it bypassed my muscle. Like the lower weight class Olympic lifters lol.
I don't even worry about weight i just focus on feeling the moevement nowadays.
this is correct .... training arms super heavy is silly i rarely go under 8 reps
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this is correct .... training arms super heavy is silly i rarely go under 8 reps
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I was doing fifteen sets of barbell curls pyramid between 115lb and 160lb when i weighed 160lb.
Arms were guess how much? after doing that 6 months. 14 and a half. Heavyweight just ends up strengthening my tendons and bones, it bypassed my muscle. Like the lower weight class Olympic lifters lol.
I don't even worry about weight i just focus on feeling the moevement nowadays.
Your form probably wasn't as good as you think. If you could strictly curl 160 for reps your arms would be massive. ;)
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do u have short arms?
i have long arms
good luck getting big bis. I have long ass arms for my height and I've been stuck at 15s for like forever. Broke 16 after my superdrol cycle but then afterwards my arms grew so went down to 15.5
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Your form probably wasn't as good as you think. If you could strictly curl 160 for reps your arms would be massive. ;)
Nah it was very strict.
Everyone in my family has insane arms too.
I wasn't eating fuck all at the time and going to volume coincided with far better diet so i wouldn't say 100%.
But volume feels better to me.
Bi's are a small muscle i don't think you need to train them that heavy, you end up strenghening tendons, cns and what not.
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Nah it was very strict.
Everyone in my family has insane arms too.
I wasn't eating fuck all at the time and going to volume coincided with far better diet so i wouldn't say 100%.
But volume feels better to me.
Bi's are a small muscle i don't think you need to train them that heavy, you end up strenghening tendons, cns and what not.
I do agree with you about training arms with volume, for sure. I think you'd be surprised if you videod how strict the 160 wasn't though. Curling BW strictly is an incredible feat.
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I do agree with you about training arms with volume, for sure. I think you'd be surprised if you videod how strict the 160 wasn't though. Curling BW strictly is an incredible feat.
I'm really strong at certain movements. I look like a twink though, probably better the other way around... :(
It depends on muscle groups. My chest likes weight, tri's too, but bi's are a really small muscle group which people forget, upper arm is two thirds tri.
It might vary though, i remember a guy who despised bench press said he never got any growth out of it and saw great gains doing fly's. ???
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i think i feel the same way as everyone else, higher volume for arms works best, but at the same time i think most peoplpe also agree higher reps works best for legs too. it just seem like the more volume, with the higher intensity, the better muscles grow, and i think that is perfectly well substantiated by the fact that hitting the same muscle 2 times a week will give better results than just once a week.
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Funny thing is, volume is a relative term. These days doing 3-4 ex per muscle group for a few sets is volume, in the 70s/80s it was crazy 3-4 hour+ workouts.
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I'm really strong at certain movements. I look like a twink though, probably better the other way around... :(
It depends on muscle groups. My chest likes weight, tri's too, but bi's are a really small muscle group which people forget, upper arm is two thirds tri.
It might vary though, i remember a guy who despised bench press said he never got any growth out of it and saw great gains doing fly's. ???
im a push guy.. im strong at pull to but i prefer push...harder to cheat at push movements..
quite strong on tris but that will tke a toll on the elbow....
so i go moderate most time and rarely super heavy...... very rarely...
this stratagem works for me....
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Don't worry. You can be good in something else..
;D
i seriously doubt that