110 Pound Dumbell Curls

Training Powerlifting
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I’m with SWR. It’s like the time I was doing goodmornings and some guy who sells memeberships was walking people around the gym and commented that I was not squatting right. I said just smiled and said squats are on monday which is quad day, today is hamstrings and these are goodmornings. Or when you see someone not using a full ROM when they’re curling but they’re arms are bigger then 85% of the people you’ve ever seen in person in your life (btw that’s not me as my arms suck!).

As for Mr. 11 weeks training from the dirty south side??? I like your attitiude brother. Just dont’ injure yourself or you wont’ be lifting anything but the remote and your pud for a few months.

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[quote]WideGuy wrote:
I’m with SWR. It’s like the time I was doing goodmornings and some guy who sells memeberships was walking people around the gym and commented that I was not squatting right. I said just smiled and said squats are on monday which is quad day, today is hamstrings and these are goodmornings. Or when you see someone not using a full ROM when they’re curling but they’re arms are bigger then 85% of the people you’ve ever seen in person in your life (btw that’s not me as my arms suck!).

As for Mr. 11 weeks training from the dirty south side??? I like your attitiude brother. Just dont’ injure yourself or you wont’ be lifting anything but the remote and your pud for a few months. [/quote]

Indeed. More of these internet assholes should try before they speak.

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This is kinda like the 220 x 43 bench press thread a couple of months ago: Yes, the guy is strong; No, those are not what was advertised.

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[quote]eiverson wrote:
Xen Nova wrote:
With some body english that really doesn’t seem that hard, more a matter of can you hold onto the dumbbell.

I’m more impressed by the adjunct video of the 5’11, 140# guy benching 110lb dumbbells.

Pretty good for that weight considering I’m the only person in my gym I’ve ever seen even TOUCH the 100lb dumbbells for anything but shrugs (and they never do that w/o straps)

I call bullshit on this video. The kid looks shorter than 5’11", heavier than 141 lbs, AND there’s no way those dumbells are 100 lbs.
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Nah that video is bullshit.

You don’t bounce right up with 100 pound dumbbells on your chest like he does at the end.

Not too mention you don’t even look at the 100’s if you’re that scrawny

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[quote]zarathus wrote:
This is kinda like the 220 x 43 bench press thread a couple of months ago: Yes, the guy is strong; No, those are not what was advertised.[/quote]

So those aren’t cheated hammer curls?

How so?

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[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:

Nah that video is bullshit.

You don’t bounce right up with 100 pound dumbbells on your chest like he does at the end.

Not too mention you don’t even look at the 100’s if you’re that scrawny[/quote]

He doesn’t bounce right up. He raises his knees and drops the weight on them and leverages up. That’s how people who aren’t attention whores get up with their weights without bending the things by dropping them so everyone will look and think they are strong and cool.

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[quote]doogie wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:

Nah that video is bullshit.

You don’t bounce right up with 100 pound dumbbells on your chest like he does at the end.

Not too mention you don’t even look at the 100’s if you’re that scrawny

He doesn’t bounce right up. He raises his knees and drops the weight on them and leverages up. That’s how people who aren’t attention whores get up with their weights without bending the things by dropping them so everyone will look and think they are strong and cool.[/quote]

So you think that kid is really moving 110’s? Are we watching the same video?

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[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
doogie wrote:
FightinIrish26 wrote:

Nah that video is bullshit.

You don’t bounce right up with 100 pound dumbbells on your chest like he does at the end.

Not too mention you don’t even look at the 100’s if you’re that scrawny

He doesn’t bounce right up. He raises his knees and drops the weight on them and leverages up. That’s how people who aren’t attention whores get up with their weights without bending the things by dropping them so everyone will look and think they are strong and cool.

So you think that kid is really moving 110’s? Are we watching the same video?[/quote]

Dude, are you fucking crazy? Are you actually trying to explain basic physics over the internet?

Of course a 140 pound kid can get up with 200 pounds on his chest.

It happens all the time in MMA. The guy on the bottom doesn’t get pounded, he just gets up.

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I bet if you gave him 45 lb dumbells and put his back to a wall he couldn’t pop off 8 solid reps. Great way to either impress highschool kids or tear a bicep.

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[quote]E-man wrote:
I bet if you gave him 45 lb dumbells and put his back to a wall he couldn’t pop off 8 solid reps. Great way to either impress highschool kids or tear a bicep.[/quote]

The hate is strong in this one.

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[quote]Classy_Cojones wrote:
E-man wrote:
I bet if you gave him 45 lb dumbells and put his back to a wall he couldn’t pop off 8 solid reps. Great way to either impress highschool kids or tear a bicep.

The hate is strong in this one.[/quote]

But he’s probably right.

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[quote]Ryu13 wrote:
Classy_Cojones wrote:
E-man wrote:
I bet if you gave him 45 lb dumbells and put his back to a wall he couldn’t pop off 8 solid reps. Great way to either impress highschool kids or tear a bicep.

The hate is strong in this one.

But he’s probably right.[/quote]

I really doubt it.

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[/quote]
To me the best part was that he didn’t slam down the weights to get everyone’s attention like he was a badass. [/quote]

I AM a weight slammer. This is not because it makes me cool. I am definately not an attention whore. I do it because I lift to failure. Inevitably, my final movement is going to be an eccentric movement. This makes me literally unable to do anything else but drop the weight. Why is this difficult for people to understand?

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[quote]ybthere1 wrote:

To me the best part was that he didn’t slam down the weights to get everyone’s attention like he was a badass.

I AM a weight slammer. This is not because it makes me cool. I am definately not an attention whore. I do it because I lift to failure. Inevitably, my final movement is going to be an eccentric movement. This makes me literally unable to do anything else but drop the weight. Why is this difficult for people to understand?
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Instead of just dropping the weights, you could wait a couple of seconds at the bottom until you had enough strength to push them to your knees and get up without being a douche.

Or you could call some 110lb. chick over to take the pink plastic dumbbells out of your hands for you.

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[quote]ybthere1 wrote:

To me the best part was that he didn’t slam down the weights to get everyone’s attention like he was a badass.

I AM a weight slammer. This is not because it makes me cool. I am definately not an attention whore. I do it because I lift to failure. Inevitably, my final movement is going to be an eccentric movement. This makes me literally unable to do anything else but drop the weight. Why is this difficult for people to understand?
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I’ve trained to failure with the dumbbell bench and am still able to sit up with the weight and set them down without dropping them.

Different muscles are being used when I rest the weight on my chest, turn them parallel to my body and sit up with them. The weight then sits on my lap and I stand up with them while lowering them using my shoulders, arms and back.

I don’t see why anyone would slam any weights down unless it was an accident or if they were doing Olympic lifts or deadlifting. Even then I try to control the weight enough to where it may be loud, but not as loud as if I completely dropped it.

The reason I always liked the DB bench press was because I didn’t need a spot and could always set the weight back down without drawing attention to myself. Then I found the power-rack and went back to BB benching with only the pins ‘spotting’ me.

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[quote]SWR-1222D wrote:
ybthere1 wrote:

To me the best part was that he didn’t slam down the weights to get everyone’s attention like he was a badass.

I AM a weight slammer. This is not because it makes me cool. I am definately not an attention whore. I do it because I lift to failure. Inevitably, my final movement is going to be an eccentric movement. This makes me literally unable to do anything else but drop the weight. Why is this difficult for people to understand?

I’ve trained to failure with the dumbbell bench and am still able to sit up with the weight and set them down without dropping them.

Different muscles are being used when I rest the weight on my chest, turn them parallel to my body and sit up with them. The weight then sits on my lap and I stand up with them while lowering them using my shoulders, arms and back.

I don’t see why anyone would slam any weights down unless it was an accident or if they were doing Olympic lifts or deadlifting. Even then I try to control the weight enough to where it may be loud, but not as loud as if I completely dropped it.

The reason I always liked the DB bench press was because I didn’t need a spot and could always set the weight back down without drawing attention to myself. Then I found the power-rack and went back to BB benching with only the pins ‘spotting’ me.[/quote]

It seems kind of silly to sit up with the weight when the floor is right below you. Don’t you have mats under the weight equipment at your gym? And, aren’t dumbbells able to handle the stress?

I actually like lifting with dumbbells that have been dropped a few times. They have some life in them. And, I’m not a big fan of risking neck or back injuries from sitting up with 100’s or 120’s.

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[quote]terribleivan wrote:

It seems kind of silly to sit up with the weight when the floor is right below you. Don’t you have mats under the weight equipment at your gym? And, aren’t dumbbells able to handle the stress?

I actually like lifting with dumbbells that have been dropped a few times. They have some life in them. And, I’m not a big fan of risking neck or back injuries from sitting up with 100’s or 120’s.[/quote]

It’s not stressful at all to sit up with them once I turn them parallel to my body and the weight pivots at my hip, then it’s just a matter of standing up with them (like half squatting 220lbs but with a better leverage advantage) and setting them down (like a fast 1 rep negative with db rows).

If you’re risking back or neck injury sitting up with that weight, with that much of a leverage advantage, I would think you would need to start strengthening your back to catch up with that of the average human male.

If I drop it, not only would it make an unnecessary, obnoxious bang, but I also risk having them roll into where someone else is working out. I just think that’s kind of disrespectful, rude and selfish.

I would know because a while ago I was only able to get 2 reps with the 120s and was still able to set them back down. That was also back when I didn’t work my back very much either, so I’m sure others would be able to do it without a problem.

I know I can get away with it and only get eye-rolls from people, and I shouldn’t care about what they think, but the same thinking could go for someone wearing a headband, jeans, work boots and screaming with every rep. I just don’t want to be ‘that guy’.

I don’t know, maybe I’m just being anal about it, but unnecessary weight slamming annoys the hell out of me. That and too much cologne (which was all I was smelling today at the gym, but that’s another story).

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I thought the 110lb dumbell curl thing was pretty cool. Could build some strength in that arm region or something I’m guessing.

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[quote]doogie wrote:
ybthere1 wrote:

To me the best part was that he didn’t slam down the weights to get everyone’s attention like he was a badass.

I AM a weight slammer. This is not because it makes me cool. I am definately not an attention whore. I do it because I lift to failure. Inevitably, my final movement is going to be an eccentric movement. This makes me literally unable to do anything else but drop the weight. Why is this difficult for people to understand?

Instead of just dropping the weights, you could wait a couple of seconds at the bottom until you had enough strength to push them to your knees and get up without being a douche.

Or you could call some 110lb. chick over to take the pink plastic dumbbells out of your hands for you.
[/quote]

LOL

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[quote]SWR-1222D wrote:
terribleivan wrote:

It seems kind of silly to sit up with the weight when the floor is right below you. Don’t you have mats under the weight equipment at your gym? And, aren’t dumbbells able to handle the stress?

I actually like lifting with dumbbells that have been dropped a few times. They have some life in them. And, I’m not a big fan of risking neck or back injuries from sitting up with 100’s or 120’s.

It’s not stressful at all to sit up with them once I turn them parallel to my body and the weight pivots at my hip, then it’s just a matter of standing up with them (like half squatting 220lbs but with a better leverage advantage) and setting them down (like a fast 1 rep negative with db rows).

If you’re risking back or neck injury sitting up with that weight, with that much of a leverage advantage, I would think you would need to start strengthening your back to catch up with that of the average human male.

If I drop it, not only would it make an unnecessary, obnoxious bang, but I also risk having them roll into where someone else is working out. I just think that’s kind of disrespectful, rude and selfish.

I would know because a while ago I was only able to get 2 reps with the 120s and was still able to set them back down. That was also back when I didn’t work my back very much either, so I’m sure others would be able to do it without a problem.

I know I can get away with it and only get eye-rolls from people, and I shouldn’t care about what they think, but the same thinking could go for someone wearing a headband, jeans, work boots and screaming with every rep. I just don’t want to be ‘that guy’.

I don’t know, maybe I’m just being anal about it, but unnecessary weight slamming annoys the hell out of me. That and too much cologne (which was all I was smelling today at the gym, but that’s another story).[/quote]

Hmmm…you should probably advise Ronnie Coleman on his lifting techniques (and the clothes he wears). I’m sure he would listen to you.

Personally, I get pretty annoyed at all these guys pissing and moaning about someone who wants to wear jeans and make some noise in the gym. They should go get themselves some spandex.