When I barbell curl (not a mainstay of my workout but something I do occasionally) when I get up to reps 7-8 of a 10-12 rep set my left shoulder starts to lift up as I curl.
I know that the rear delt plays a part in raising the humerous and wonder if my rear delt is trying to compensate for a weak recruitment pattern somewhere else.
Questions:
Does that sound right?
If not, what could the issue be?
In whatever case, which muscles do I need to be working on to solve the problem?
What excercises would help with this?
[quote]Cockney Blue wrote:
When I barbell curl (not a mainstay of my workout but something I do occasionally) when I get up to reps 7-8 of a 10-12 rep set my left shoulder starts to lift up as I curl.
I know that the rear delt plays a part in raising the humerous and wonder if my rear delt is trying to compensate for a weak recruitment pattern somewhere else.
Questions:
Does that sound right?
If not, what could the issue be?
In whatever case, which muscles do I need to be working on to solve the problem?
What excercises would help with this?
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Use dumbbells.
“Yeah, Scoob, we solved that one way quicker than last week.”
I appreciate the responses. I vary the type of curls I do on a 4 week cycle (currently doing WSFSB.)
Any idea why it happens though?
Difficult to say without watching you in person. It is very common for the upper arm to move forward during a curl (shoulder flexion) as the biceps do that action along with the front delts, the bigger your arms are the more this usually happens. However you mentioned this happens only one side so I would say you have a weakness on your left side and you are trying to compensate for it. It is probably just a weakness in your bicep, especially if you are right handed and pretty dominant in that arm, but it could be a lot of things.
Also just FYI the rear delt does shoulder extension (pulls the humerus back to the body), not raise it is as you mentioned (that would be the front delt among other things).
Good luck fixing the problem. Curling more regularly (once a week) might help as well as additional sets for your left side.
cool, thanks. I curl twice a week as part of WSFSB, normally at least one of those is with Dumbells so I will just keep on at it.
Typically when my shoulder starts to go up I stop the set then and start again after a rest.
now that is a cool idea, I already get funny looks doing strange excercises like squats and deadlifts. This would totally blow their minds!
I think I will just focus on preacher or deadlift and keep the reps to where it doesn’t happen. It’s annoying because I don’t feel that I really work my biceps as hard as I could because of the faulty recruitment.
Oh, well, weighted DLs in the next 4 week cycle, that will get them.