Larry Scott FAQ

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[quote]That One Guy wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
MeinHerzBrennt wrote:
Bill Roberts wrote:
I suppose he means mostly but not purely pronated, angled somewhat towards supination. The reverse of how one ordinarily uses the bar.

I haven’t tried that one.

In trying to picture this, i’m thinking it’s how one would do a reverse grip curl for their brachioradialis?

One normally holds the EZ bar with their palms making a “V,” thumbs pointing outwards. If you reversed that, wouldn’t you be holding the bar with your hands making an upside down V with your thumbs pointing in? I do that for reverse grips. I don’t see how that could stimulate the biceps more.

I think i’m missing something?

No, thumbs would point away from each other as if you were doing the normal V, undergrip but:
Basically you just over-supinate your hands (upside-down V, thumbs point out). Very uncomfortable, I guess his individual structure allowed him to do this without busting his wrists/elbows…
Like some people can use the flat-bar with a normal-width grip with no discomfort and some just can’t.

He has also talked about this kind of thing being done on EZ extensions.
You’d normally make an upside-down V with thumbs pointing in and grip the bar with an overhand grip for extensions. (like on a reverse-curl)
Now, he wants you do apply the grip so that you make a normal V, still an overhand grip though (thumbs pointing in).
Again, awkward as hell.

…can’t we just lift some heavy ass weight!!![/quote]

Not when using the kind of grip he’s advocating, I assure you lol

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[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
MeinHerzBrennt wrote:
Bill Roberts wrote:
I suppose he means mostly but not purely pronated, angled somewhat towards supination. The reverse of how one ordinarily uses the bar.

I haven’t tried that one.

In trying to picture this, i’m thinking it’s how one would do a reverse grip curl for their brachioradialis?

One normally holds the EZ bar with their palms making a “V,” thumbs pointing outwards. If you reversed that, wouldn’t you be holding the bar with your hands making an upside down V with your thumbs pointing in? I do that for reverse grips. I don’t see how that could stimulate the biceps more.

I think i’m missing something?

No, thumbs would point away from each other as if you were doing the normal V, undergrip but:
Basically you just over-supinate your hands (upside-down V, thumbs point out). Very uncomfortable, I guess his individual structure allowed him to do this without busting his wrists/elbows…

Like some people can use the flat-bar with a normal-width grip with no discomfort and some just can’t.

He has also talked about this kind of thing being done on EZ extensions.

You’d normally make an upside-down V with thumbs pointing in and grip the bar with an overhand grip for extensions. (like on a reverse-curl)
Now, he wants you do apply the grip so that you make a normal V, still an overhand grip though (thumbs pointing in).
Again, awkward as hell.
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Oh. I see.

Then his “pronated but supinated” attempted description was an awful one.

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[quote]Bill Roberts wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
MeinHerzBrennt wrote:
Bill Roberts wrote:
I suppose he means mostly but not purely pronated, angled somewhat towards supination. The reverse of how one ordinarily uses the bar.

I haven’t tried that one.

In trying to picture this, i’m thinking it’s how one would do a reverse grip curl for their brachioradialis?

One normally holds the EZ bar with their palms making a “V,” thumbs pointing outwards. If you reversed that, wouldn’t you be holding the bar with your hands making an upside down V with your thumbs pointing in? I do that for reverse grips. I don’t see how that could stimulate the biceps more.

I think i’m missing something?

No, thumbs would point away from each other as if you were doing the normal V, undergrip but:
Basically you just over-supinate your hands (upside-down V, thumbs point out). Very uncomfortable, I guess his individual structure allowed him to do this without busting his wrists/elbows…
Like some people can use the flat-bar with a normal-width grip with no discomfort and some just can’t.

He has also talked about this kind of thing being done on EZ extensions.

You’d normally make an upside-down V with thumbs pointing in and grip the bar with an overhand grip for extensions. (like on a reverse-curl)
Now, he wants you do apply the grip so that you make a normal V, still an overhand grip though (thumbs pointing in).
Again, awkward as hell.

Oh. I see.

Then his “pronated but supinated” attempted description was an awful one.
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Browsing some of the exercise descriptions in his (old) newsletters made me realize that he often confuses a few things with others.

Like the lateral and long head of the tricep, if I remember correctly (not always, though).
Oh well.

But hey, you already know that many great bodybuilders aren’t the best at using the proper lingo ;D

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Oh yeah, he has another one for triceps…
EZ extensions, but an underhand grip as if you were doing curls… But again, hands over-supinated.

At least I read about that somewhere…
Equally useless to the average person imo.

I wish I had that guy’s wrist flexibility… Then again, I have a much broader shoulder structure, so who am I to complain…

His narrow shoulders were imo his only weak-point, and one caused due to bone-structure unfortunately.

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[quote]Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Oh yeah, he has another one for triceps…
EZ extensions, but an underhand grip as if you were doing curls… But again, hands over-supinated.

At least I read about that somewhere…
Equally useless to the average person imo.

I wish I had that guy’s wrist flexibility… Then again, I have a much broader shoulder structure, so who am I to complain…

His narrow shoulders were imo his only weak-point, and one caused due to bone-structure unfortunately.
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That over-supinated stuff sounds painful, I guess I’ll try it.

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Shit I’m one of those people who get’s pain from just barbell curls because of wrist flexibility(or so I’m thinking after the discussion we had about it in the cell), that over supination stuff sounds… not fun.

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[quote]MEYMZ wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Oh yeah, he has another one for triceps…
EZ extensions, but an underhand grip as if you were doing curls… But again, hands over-supinated.

At least I read about that somewhere…
Equally useless to the average person imo.

I wish I had that guy’s wrist flexibility… Then again, I have a much broader shoulder structure, so who am I to complain…

His narrow shoulders were imo his only weak-point, and one caused due to bone-structure unfortunately.

That over-supinated stuff sounds painful, I guess I’ll try it.[/quote]

I knew a guy who tried it once, 10 years later…BAM! Herpes.

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Stuntman Mike tried those crazy curls and apparently loved them.

Though he did say it felt weird as hell at first.

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What are scapular rotations?

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[quote]That One Guy wrote:
MEYMZ wrote:
Cephalic_Carnage wrote:
Oh yeah, he has another one for triceps…
EZ extensions, but an underhand grip as if you were doing curls… But again, hands over-supinated.

At least I read about that somewhere…
Equally useless to the average person imo.

I wish I had that guy’s wrist flexibility… Then again, I have a much broader shoulder structure, so who am I to complain…

His narrow shoulders were imo his only weak-point, and one caused due to bone-structure unfortunately.

That over-supinated stuff sounds painful, I guess I’ll try it.

I knew a guy who tried it once, 10 years later…BAM! Herpes.[/quote]

I tried it, sucked 4 me, too much work on forearms. I hope I don’t get clamydia with that workout.