Except that I did not rupture my biceps tendon doing preacher curls.
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I agree, this is a safe exercise. But that’s in part because it’s not a preacher curl.
I am highly confused by this, unless I’ve been doing leg presses wrong my entire life and should’ve, in fact, been curling the sled.
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It’s a variation of a preacher curl. Cable preacher curl. The “preacher” part has to do with the arm in front of you, anchored on a platform. So yes, it’s a preacher curl.
And damn, haha - figured by your sign-off at the end of that post that it had been ruptured during that.
I think he means using your arms to hold yourself down on the handles on either side of the seat while leg pressing. I definitely don’t agree about it being the most dangerous, but I just assumed that’s what he was talking about.
Very well. It is not a free-weight preacher curl, which is the specific form I’m refrring to.
Pulling too hard where the position of the hand hold were not far enough from my shoulders to keep my arms straight (straight = no problem)
When mentioning the preacher curl and it is any variation from a free weight curl, you are doing the reader an injustice to not mention what variation of the traditional preach curl you referencing. And you are correct, it is a preacher curl
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I mean, I literally wrote a paragraph describing the movement in painstaking detail.
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I know - that’s why I suggested it. You mentioned that an exercise was dangerous, I gave a variation of that exercise that isn’t, similar to how he said SLDLs, and you said to do RDL’s. This conversation is confusing me.
Sorry, when I reread my post it came off way too accusatory. That was not my intent. I suppose my point is that neither you nor I can recommend preacher curls without qualifying our modifications to the exercise.
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Haha, didn’t take it offensively but did misinterpret your intentions - I agree with what you were trying to say, for sure.
I cannot say, I feel both, but you probably have a point.
Thank you.
And regarding your suggestion; “upper arm back” meaning like shoulder retracted or shoulder in extension, behind me?
Sorry non native english speaker here, I sometimes struggle to understand the exact meaning.
Thanks 
Only 17, 5’10" and a buck 55? You’re a string bean. This entire program is fluff exercises and missing the foundational movements to build serious mass at your age. I can see a pro BBer training like this AFTER decades of training the big movements. I think you’ll be very disappointed if you stick with this for an extended period of time. You may get a nice pump from time to time but won’t pack on nearly as much mass as you could.
Also, I’m not sure I understand the logic behind the progression. You jump from 3RIR then straight to failure every exercise for 5 straight weeks? How about something more gradual? Like:
wk1: 3RIR
wk2: 2RIR
wk3: 1RIR
wk4: failure
wk5: failure + rest/pause (after 15-20 sec)
wk6: failure + rest/pause + drop set
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So in week 5 and 6 essentially doing RP for every exercise? Isn’t that a bit much? Im not trying to argue, I’m just trying to learn
I’d only recommend it on accessory or isolation movements with DBs and machines. Just on the last set and only 2-3 movements per bodypart. Main compound barbell movements I never take to absolute failure, just technical failure, i.e. the point when you can no longer perform a technically sound rep (no grinding).
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I got a lot stronger not going to absolute failure. I think by the time people start moving decent weight, the desire to go to failure usually dwindles away.
I do go to failure on isolation lifts at the end, but there isn’t much risk going to failure on a set of moderate weight dumbbell curls.