The idea was to create a post where people could share lifting videos of various lifts not argue about how my one lift hurts your feelings for multiple pages. If anyone actual cares these are the rules they are not my rules and I didn’t design the bar either. I am simply following the rules and equipment as designated by the event sponsoring association. These are the rules for the Arnold which is the ultimate goal. There is no rule about shoulder movement upper back and butt on pad legs locked and again the contest is not determined in my basement there will be 3 actual judges evaluating the lift at the contest. And any lift that breaks a record has to be video reviewed after the contest before being certified as a new record.
By all means go enter a strict curl contest if you think the wall and the bar and shoulders do all the work and see how you do.