How much can ya curl

[gr8whitetrukker]

I'm a bitch and afraid to curl heavy. I feel like I'm gonna tear my bicep.

Kinda like this lol.

I partial ripped my bicep doing 60lb dumbell curls on the preacher. I moved the weight to my left hand and started curling then around the 5th rep I felt a rip .

Slammed a shit load of hgh to heal and I'm back to 65lbs on the preacher

Feck! Don't say that lol! I've realized on the preacher to keep tension at all times and if your going really heavy. I wouldn't full extend 100%, more like 90%. That full extension then coming back up with real heavy weight is a real bitch and dangerous IMO. Good luck my brotha

God don't say that shit.

I've been afraid of that ever since a guy at work who's got good genetics, solid dude, tore his bicep and was only warming up.

Now, I've been doing isolated preacher curls and when I stretch the bicep by letting the weight fall down I'm waiting to hear that awful tearing noise. Like a pair of denim jeans.

There doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Ive had friends tear it from warmups, from light sets to heavy sets to deadlifts. It seems your never really safe. Truth be told im scared of tearing a bicep. About the same as im scared of tearing a pec on incline or flat bench. Historically i dont curl often. Not as much as MOST ppl do any way. Any given day theres a hundred ppl in the same gym at the same time doing fuckin barbell curls. Bench is prolly the 2nd most popular exercise. But the truth is heavy and light HAS to be done for continued growth. If you wish to advance. Just like anything else. Training cycles have to be well...fucking cycled! Then theres techniques you can throw in like 8 second paused reps, 100 rep challenges, 21s etc etc. But i have been on a heavy training cycle which includes 135lb preacher curls with an EZ curl bar. Done close grip. And yes, it puts the fear of god in me everytime i do em
Just dont extend the entire length. That i believe is how a tendon is damaged. Keep the bicep "short" but not like a partial. Full extension is asking for it. And i would prolly deserve it

 

[Demondosage]

There doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Ive had friends tear it from warmups, from light sets to heavy sets to deadlifts. It seems your never really safe. Truth be told im scared of tearing a bicep. About the same as im scared of tearing a pec on incline or flat bench. Historically i dont curl often. Not as much as MOST ppl do any way. Any given day theres a hundred ppl in the same gym at the same time doing fuckin barbell curls. Bench is prolly the 2nd most popular exercise. But the truth is heavy and light HAS to be done for continued growth. If you wish to advance. Just like anything else. Training cycles have to be well...fucking cycled! Then theres techniques you can throw in like 8 second paused reps, 100 rep challenges, 21s etc etc. But i have been on a heavy training cycle which includes 135lb preacher curls with an EZ curl bar. Done close grip. And yes, it puts the fear of god in me everytime i do em
Just dont extend the entire length. That i believe is how a tendon is damaged. Keep the bicep "short" but not like a partial. Full extension is asking for it. And i would prolly deserve it

Your exactly right. The first time I partially ruptured mine I was carrying a large granite countertop into a house and I went to straighten my arm out to move with it and I hear a popping sound and there it went. Second time when I was trying to flip a heavy tire I didn't know the right technique and I tried to start lifting the bottom portion like a curl rather than driving my body into it, and bam!!! Same popping noise, same pain!! Both times were in the extended position, you're exactly right

 

[Seve]

Eight second paused reps? I will have to look into it. As I get older time under tension is were its at. I have never torn anything bescause I have freinds and family who have. Before AAS I reached 19'' I really do not think they will grow much more. I kind of feel like a jerkoff curling 75lb dumbbells.

 

[Skull]

There doesnt seem to be any rhyme or reason to it. Ive had friends tear it from warmups, from light sets to heavy sets to deadlifts. It seems your never really safe. Truth be told im scared of tearing a bicep. About the same as im scared of tearing a pec on incline or flat bench. Historically i dont curl often. Not as much as MOST ppl do any way. Any given day theres a hundred ppl in the same gym at the same time doing fuckin barbell curls. Bench is prolly the 2nd most popular exercise. But the truth is heavy and light HAS to be done for continued growth. If you wish to advance. Just like anything else. Training cycles have to be well...fucking cycled! Then theres techniques you can throw in like 8 second paused reps, 100 rep challenges, 21s etc etc. But i have been on a heavy training cycle which includes 135lb preacher curls with an EZ curl bar. Done close grip. And yes, it puts the fear of god in me everytime i do em
Just dont extend the entire length. That i believe is how a tendon is damaged. Keep the bicep "short" but not like a partial. Full extension is asking for it. And i would prolly deserve it

Just like you said truck, if you Wana see continued growth you gotta keep mixing it up. Constantly confusing them to grow. When you settle into a normal routine, that's when the growth stops....

 

[Masters Power]

Kinda like this lol.

I partial ripped my bicep doing 60lb dumbell curls on the preacher. I moved the weight to my left hand and started curling then around the 5th rep I felt a rip .

Slammed a shit load of hgh to heal and I'm back to 65lbs on the preacher

I've torn my left bicep tendon twice once at the elbow and the last time at the shoulder while BB curling 95 pounds which I was only doing to "protect" my bicep tendons for powerlifting purposes.

I'm sticking to light dumbbell curls for that purpose going forward.

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Just like you said truck, if you Wana see continued growth you gotta keep mixing it up. Constantly confusing them to grow. When you settle into a normal routine, that's when the growth stops....

The term "confusing" the muscle is so cliche.
A bicep has no brain

 

[Demondosage]

One thing I recently discovered was that if I pushed the arms inward at the top of a standing curl I got more bicep stimulation. It's hard to explain, but at the peak of the contraction you're almost trying to spread the bar inward with your hands. Like in my mind I'm pushing my hands pinky to pinky and squeezing the inner part of the bicep more. So it's like the main squeeze at the top and then an additional squeeze on the inner portion as you try to emphasize spreading the bar inward while holding the ez curl bar

 

[Masters Power]

The term "confusing" the muscle is so cliche.
A bicep has no brain

Nor does the penis which has occasionally gotten me in to trouble.

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Here's a vid of one if my all time favorite arm wrastlin buddies doiin a strict curl of almost 250lbs....Fuckin Dennis is a anabolic armwrestlin freak of a beast. He also has some of the biggest paws in them world. Sausages for fingers lol

I never heard of him. Just did some quick searches. They claim some PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS stats and lifts for him, lol. 6'1 308 my ass. No way that dude is close to 6 foot. No fn way. A 639lb bench press. A 705 squat, a 739lb deadlift. A 396 lb log press. 23" arms and 20" forearms

Bullshit is getting deep in here...

 

[PaMedicTim]

@Ironlord -- same here , I just dont grow on the high reps , plus I hate doing them .
6 reps and Under . Thats how I roll...

Same here. Try for 10reps. 8reps.6 reps. Then whetever burns w.o. sharppain.

 

[johntt44]

I never heard of him. Just did some quick searches. They claim some PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS stats and lifts for him, lol. 6'1 308 my ass. No way that dude is close to 6 foot. No fn way. A 639lb bench press. A 705 squat, a 739lb deadlift. A 396 lb log press. 23" arms and 20" forearms

Bullshit is getting deep in here...

I think the guy has some gh problem which causes his proportions.

 

[Oregongearhead]

@Ironlord -- same here , I just dont grow on the high reps , plus I hate doing them .
6 reps and Under . Thats how I roll...

Let me correct myself here , I meant 6 reps and under usually just for compound heavy exercises like the Big 3 , squats, deads and bench .
Curls and flyes and dips and chins I go higher reps , of course .

 

[PaMedicTim]

I hate curls. After a bicep rolled ive been scared to push it but the time has come. I will try escalating sets from #5 and 5. #10 and 10
. But i like low rep way better.
I will see what works best.
Cant have my arms looking like irish pennants.

 

[N01B4M3]

Preacher bb 125 3x8. I feel like my arms are going to split open from the blood rushing to my biceps!

 

[Skull]

I never heard of him. Just did some quick searches. They claim some PRETTY OUTRAGEOUS stats and lifts for him, lol. 6'1 308 my ass. No way that dude is close to 6 foot. No fn way. A 639lb bench press. A 705 squat, a 739lb deadlift. A 396 lb log press. 23" arms and 20" forearms

Bullshit is getting deep in here...

I know he makes this 595 press look light.

Are you sure he don't look 300lbs truck? I know he's a tank if he's not but I wouldn't doubt it if he was 3tripleO+. Mariusz Pudzianowski was 5'11" 308lbs an Dennis looks waaaay bigger than him.

 

[PaMedicTim]

You,ve inspired me to try preachers again. Olympic curl + 25 and 2 dimes does me right. At 8-6-6. . .
I thought was easy when tendon rolled. Maybe deca on test cyp dulled senses. Now I know.

 

[gr8whitetrukker]

Here's a challenge for you, run the rack up starting with 5lb dumbbells x 5 reps, 10 lb dumbbells x 10 reps, 15 lb dumbbells x 15 reps, 20 lb dumbbells x 20 reps, 25 lb dumbbells x 25 reps, 30 lb dumbbells x 30 reps, and if anyone makes it to 35 lbs I want to know. Go straight through with no rest. My best is getting to 35lbs x 7 reps, that's all I got!!! It's a living hell

First time trying it.
I failed
Only made it to the 25s and only half the reps at the 25s
That is done with no rest.
Good one man! Im gonna have to work on that

 

[Demondosage]

First time trying it.
I failed
Only made it to the 25s and only half the reps at the 25s
That is done with no rest.
Good one man! Im gonna have to work on that

It's brutal man, no doubt

 

[beameupscotty]

I finally hit 50 on the ez bar for 6 yesterday. Definitely a PR! Was extremely happy. I've heard that once my biceps grow stronger that I'll be able to do up a chin-up (lifetime goal). I thought after running a gram of test and 800mg tren ew that I'd finally be able to do a real chin-up, but I guess I gotta wait until next cycle... :/

On a serious note, I've been training with someone on here who is pretty decent sized (pisses me off sometimes because I blow him away in reps and strength in almost every compound lift, but he's still bigger than me) and we've started incorporating consecutive sets on arm day. Example, 10 reps with an 80lb straight bar followed immediately by 10 standing dumbbell curls (5 per side, alternate, 30lbs each). After adding exercise schemes like that, I've really noticed good seperation and better fullness. My arms are between 19 and 20" but this ultra-fatiguing style of lifting has added some much needed definition.

I'm gonna try some of the things mentioned above and see how they work. Getting to the point where I have to add some creativity to my sets to see results.