How much can you dumbell curl?

[A Professional]

Recently I've been starting my workouts with (after warm ups) a few sets with 50's - 55's on a low incline dumbell curl for 6-10 slow reps, focusing on just squeezing the bicep. Then higher reps on barbell curls and machine curls with similar form.

How much do you weigh/how big are your biceps?

[dj181]

just did 45 pounds for 8 reps till failure, and i'm hoping to make it to 60 pounds for 8 reps within the next 2 months or so

[A Professional]

I need body weight along with numbers for the purpose of my survey. Arm measurements too would be helpful.

A 250 pound man @25%bf that curls 45s is different than a 175 pound man that curls 45s for reps.

[Palpatine Q]

I rarely go over 55...i keep the reps perfectly controlled, and always do my curls seated...no swinging. sets are 10-15 reps. I could go heavier...but it's not needed

[A Professional]

I rarely go over 55...i keep the reps perfectly controlled, and always do my curls seated...no swinging. sets are 10-15 reps. I could go heavier...but it's not needed

It's important for the purpose of bragging rights (what sounds more impressive to the uninitiated? I curl 60 pounds for 10 reps or I curl 80 pounds for 1rm??) and also practicality:
If you are left in the wild with one armed pinned under a tree, and the other free...
it doesn't make sense that you would lift the tree off your arm multiple times; it would require one feat of great strength.

And again, I must reiterate: Post weight/arm measurements.

[Jaime]

I rarely go over 55...i keep the reps perfectly controlled, and always do my curls seated...no swinging. sets are 10-15 reps. I could go heavier...but it's not needed

I think bi's are a real feel the movement muscle, applicable to all movements of course but some more than others.

Chest, tri's et cetera i will load up the weight, never seems to heavy, but on bi's past a certain point it seems ineffective.

Bi's are a very small muscle, people forget.

[GettingBig]

I went up to 85lbs but can't remember if I really did it right or it was just my ego talking !

But I usually and always use heavy reasonable weights, usually little more than the guys at the gym and do between 8-12 reps.

The moment I use light weights is the moment I lose mass and i look so flat like now lol.

[wes]

I don`t usually go past the 50`s for 10 reps these days and usually not past the 40`s.

On cable curls I can use a ton of weight,but I actually feel it more in my biceps if I go with about half the weight instead.

All about feel and getting a good pump for me these days.............got no better results using the 70`s than I do using the 40`s!!

[hardgainerj]

since when are curl considered a power movement, i guess when the curlmonkey stepped into the squat rack

[Nails]

most of those 80lbs you curl are done by your front delts

[makaveli25]

40-45 for real clean higher reps. 50-55 for 8-10 reps when I'm feeling good.

[Jaime]

most of those 80lbs you curl are done by your front delts

No lower back bro.

[Explorerspl]

40s incline seated curls for 10-12 strict with 2-3 second negatives

5'10 173 7-8%
15.5"  cold flexed right
15.25" left

[hardgainerj]

No lower back bro.

secondary muscles FTL

[A Professional]

I don`t usually go past the 50`s for 10 reps these days and usually not past the 40`s.

On cable curls I can use a ton of weight,but I actually feel it more in my biceps if I go with about half the weight instead.

All about feel and getting a good pump for me these days.............got no better results using the 70`s than I do using the 40`s!!

You're incredibly weak. Quite now while you're still on top of the game.

[POTA]

I alternate every week between seated alternate dumbbell curls and seated alternate hammer curls. I pyramid up to 100s on both. My sets typically look like this:

30s x14-16
50s x10-14
70s x8-10
100s x4-6

The 100s involve some momentum, but it's still very controlled and I do the negatives nice and slowly. Naturals simply aren't going to get great arms curling 40s and 50s for 8-12 reps week in, week out. They need to be demolished, pyramid style.

I'm away at school, and my school gym's dumbbells only go up to 80s, so I've been finishing my last set with 80s for 8-10 reps. I'll be home for spring break first week of April where I will have 100s and I'll get my brother to film me, because it's probably pretty worthless saying you can curl 100s without a video to back it up.

[Metabolic]

No way I could do good 100īs, did BB 95 3x6 tho

[Mawse]

40lbs at absolute most, since I am not a micropenis'd retard who needs to impress the permabulkers and twinks in the gym by swinging up heavy weights with shit form.

[Jaime]

I alternate every week between seated alternate dumbbell curls and seated alternate hammer curls. I pyramid up to 100s on both. My sets typically look like this:

30s x14-16
50s x10-14
70s x8-10
100s x4-6

The 100s involve some momentum, but it's still very controlled and I do the negatives nice and slowly. Naturals simply aren't going to get great arms curling 40s and 50s for 8-12 reps week in, week out. They need to be demolished, pyramid style.

I'm away at school, and my school gym's dumbbells only go up to 80s, so I've been finishing my last set with 80s for 8-10 reps. I'll be home for spring break first week of April where I will have 100s and I'll get my brother to film me, because it's probably pretty worthless saying you can curl 100s without a video to back it up.

What's your height and weight?

[wes]

What's your height and weight?

..........and exact location ?   

[XFACTOR]

I alternate every week between seated alternate dumbbell curls and seated alternate hammer curls. I pyramid up to 100s on both. My sets typically look like this:

30s x14-16
50s x10-14
70s x8-10
100s x4-6

The 100s involve some momentum, but it's still very controlled and I do the negatives nice and slowly. Naturals simply aren't going to get great arms curling 40s and 50s for 8-12 reps week in, week out. They need to be demolished, pyramid style.

I'm away at school, and my school gym's dumbbells only go up to 80s, so I've been finishing my last set with 80s for 8-10 reps. I'll be home for spring break first week of April where I will have 100s and I'll get my brother to film me, because it's probably pretty worthless saying you can curl 100s without a video to back it up.

There's another video we will never ever see.

[A Professional]

40lbs at absolute most, since I am not a micropenis'd retard who needs to impress the permabulkers and twinks in the gym by swinging up heavy weights with shit form.

What are you doing on a bodybuilding board then?

These clowns crack me up.

[Jaime]

..........and exact location ?   

Lattitude x Longitude exactitudeness.

[POTA]

What's your height and weight?

6'3" 230ish.

Orange, CA.

[Psyckle]

Unreal these numbers alot of people here are posting up; so full of shit.  Doing incline dumbell curl letting your arms hang back with a proper negative, full rom using just the bicep, I'd be surprised if many could go past 50lbs for 8 reps.