Questions tagged [curls]
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Is it okay to skip arm specific exercises?
I hardly ever do curls or any exercise that focuses solely on making my arms stronger. I've found, however, that they're probably the part of my body that grows the fastest as a side effect of the ...
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What is the best set of dumbbell exercises for a complete upper arm workout?
I'd like to find a good set of dumbbell exercises for a "complete" upper arm workout - working out the biceps, triceps, and brachialis* muscles fairly evenly. What combination of curls or other ...
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What additional exercises should I be doing to improve my weighted pullup and work towards the one arm pullup?
For the last few months, I've been building up my neutral-grip weighted pullup. Doing too many sets with the heavy rock is exhausting, so I like to mix it up with additional exercises. The idea is to ...
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Differences between hammer curl and a regular curl
What is the difference between a hammer curl and a regular curl? I understand the form differences. I'm looking for an anatomical answer.
More specifically, what differences in muscle groups (in the ...
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Bicep Burn While Doing Arm Circles
I'll do a set of bicep curls, then extend my arms (make a T shape), and do 2-300 rapid tight arm circles for my delts. I get the gnarliest bicep burn while doing the arm circles.
My question is, why ...
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More sets with smaller weight vs. more reps with higher weight
I have read the old saying that one should focus on more weight and fewer reps for muscle gain and vice versa for endurance gain. I have also read about most exercises that a set should be between 8 ...
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How can I build biceps without supinating the wrist?
I was born without the ability to supinate (turn my wrist so my palm faces upwards) my wrist. This is a problem only on my right hand. Therefore I can’t do regular curls, preacher curls or ...
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Prevent wrist-injuries when doing curls with high weight
I am doing 25 pound dumb bell curls for a while and now I'd like to move to 35 pounds. The problem is, that I am afraid that my wrist will get injured with that much weight.
Will wrist bands help or ...
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Biceps increase without curls
I get intense pain in arm when I do biceps curls either with dumbbell or bar, I am fine with exercise of other part of body u.e. triceps back , chest etc, Is there any exercise of biceps which does ...
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Can I do bicep curls with a sore shoulder?
A few days ago my shoulder became sore/strained because of improper form while exercising. However, there is only mild aching and it is getting better day by day. I have been doing bicep curls, mainly ...
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Is it correct form to do concentration curls with your arm hanging freely? If not, why does it result in muscles bulging out more?
All this time I thought it was ok to do concentration curls with your arm hanging freely, instead of your elbow being pressed against your thigh. Now I didn't see any videos or blogs which said ...
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Pain in forearm while doing bicep curls [closed]
When i'm doing curl or bicep exercise (more when my palm face the ceiling) I feel pain in my forearm between my wrist and my elbow. The pain is situated on the side of the ulna.
The pain seems to ...
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Pullups as adequate alternative to arm curls for biceps
I work out at home and do not have adequately weighted dumbells or barbell for arm curls for my biceps, however, I do have a pullup bar and do them every other day 5 sets of 6 reps all the way down (...
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Why do we bicep curl?
Turns that I can reverse curl as much as I can bicep curl normally... At least when using a barbell my bicep curl is 1:1 to my reverse curl, when using a dumbell is more like 4/5...
Do why do we bicep ...
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Shoulders tire during EZ-bar curls
When I'm doing standing bar curls for a high rep-count (and especially during the 21-rep challenge), my shoulders are absolutely burning by the time I get close to finished.
I'm focusing on keeping ...
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Dumbbell for arms with different strenght
I had bone fracture in my right arm couple of years ago and it is not same in strength as left one. While doing exercise like bicep curl I find while I can take 10kg on left I can take only 7.5 on ...
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Difference between curls with dumbbells and barbells when bicep curling
I generally do normal biceps curls using dumbbells of 10 kilograms on each hand. With that I am able to do 20 curls with each hand at a stretch( I am a beginner).
However I tried today lifting a rod ...
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Correct form for: seated palms down dumbell wrist curl [closed]
I saw some videos and instructions on how to do seated palms down dumbbell wrist curl while sitting on a seat and doing it using a resistance tube. I found the following three differences.
The ...
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I am out of shape. I need a routine to be able to do push ups, curl ups, run the mile, touch my toes, and lift weight in 2 months [closed]
Background:
I am 13 and would like to improve my overall fitness levels (see goals below). I do not have ANY exercise equipment except a pull up bar. I also have a steep hill for running.
My daily ...
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How to prevent tiring forearms when doing bicep curls
I'm trying to focus more on building my biceps (biceps brachii) on specific days (I'm not doing it every day; I work on different muscle groups or just rest on other days).
However, I noticed that ...
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Problems while doing dumbbell curl
Currently I am a beginner in muscle building and to train my bicep muscles I am using dumbbells and I am performing dumbbell curls with them.
While performing the curls, after some reps my left arm ...
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How to increase bicep (bar) curls?
My progress on bar curls has dropped. I understand any form of bar curl is the staple bicep exercise so i'm wondering what is a good change up or strategy to improve (increase) the weight I can curl?
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