I haven’t done curls in years, they’re boring. Altho I spent the first four years of my training doing nothing but curls so maybe it balances out…
[quote]ouroboro_s wrote:
[quote]OBoile wrote:
I don’t really do curls.
I do lots of chins and rows though.[/quote]
You are such a liar. I’ve seen a picture of you curling in the rack Mr. Pants on fire.[/quote]
I’ll never forgive Craig for taking that picture…
[quote]forbes wrote:
Great arguments for biceps work.
Can the same be made for triceps?[/quote]
From a PL perspective, the triceps have a much stronger argument. They’re one of the key muscle groups in the bench press. Training them isn’t just injury prevention… it directly affects your total.
Im a bicep whore… love training them…
I don’t do curls at all anymore. I used to do way way too many though.
[quote]crashcrew56 wrote:
The shirt fits tighter now, and lets be honest, who doesn’t want big arms?[/quote]
Exactly 
My girlfriend has curls.
I never really did curls either because of the small amount of function, but have been doing some lately as an extra excuse to go to the gym. I am disgustingly weak on curls and the injury prevention aspect will keep me doing it a couple times a week.
Dumbbell curl & press baby. Training economy wins
Honky: you lifting for paintball? haha
I’ve been experimenting with the Bicep Rows here:
Surprisingly, I go up on weight or reps each time. Always been weak in arms, this seems to be helping.
(And… let’s face it… one day someone will ask you to flex and you’ll give in to temptation)
[quote]cavalier wrote:
I’ve been experimenting with the Bicep Rows here:
Surprisingly, I go up on weight or reps each time. Always been weak in arms, this seems to be helping.
(And… let’s face it… one day someone will ask you to flex and you’ll give in to temptation)[/quote]
I couldn’t even rotate my arm into a full supinated position. Maybe that’s why I didn’t feel any biceps activation. However, if I want a biceps and back movement in one supinated grip chin ups do the trick real well, especially if I use a smooth and controlled tempo.
Heavy curls with a slight swing FTW I feel them in my biceps better than anything else I’ve tried. They also work as a strength movement and besides curling a lot of weight makes you feel fucking epic.
the only curl ill do is a curl up,thats it.
[quote]Kevin5255 wrote:
Dumbbell curl & press baby. Training economy wins
Honky: you lifting for paintball? haha[/quote]
ya, I carry a lot of paint so I gotta get much stronger!
It takes a lot to move my 275# fatass around…and I enjoy it like everyone else here does.
[quote]Kevin5255 wrote:
Dumbbell curl & press baby. Training economy wins
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Hell ya.
I’ve done curls exactly once in the last year; might have to start throwing some more in as many of you make a valid point about preventing injuries.
The trick with biceps is to know you limits. Don’t overtrain them but also you can neglet them.
This thread interests me, as I neglect curls. I always figured I got enough bicep work on pulls/rows etc. I understand the role of stabilization for bench and whatnot, but I feel like my biceps are adequate, if not overly impressive.
Is there a good rule of thumb for how strong your curl should be relative to major lifts? I don’t wanna pull or tear anything, but I also don’t care how big my arms are (And if I did, I want more tricep!)
I’d be pretty interested to see any evidence to show that not doing curls leads to a higher incidence of injury. From an anatomical and physiological standpoint there’s no reason to think activating your biceps with chins or rows is any less useful.
When I do curl, which is very very rarely, i’m just as strong as the odd period where i’ve targetted them - I just have smaller biceps from lack of isolation. All my lifts are going up, and frankly, I don’t have the spare time or effort to bothered. After deadlifting 3 or 4 doubles at 90%, then bent rows, then weighted chins, then a set of kroc rows my biceps are bloated.
Curls get the girls. Tri’s get the guys…