LMAO article says bicep curls are a full body workout hahahah

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Manning Sumner: The Bicep Curl: A Total-Body Workout?

 

[b_low_brown]

Well I mean.. If you're curling too much weight I could see how your shoulders would get involved, then your legs to keep from falling.. shyt I dunno that's a retarded article

 

[awkwardblackgirl]

Makes sense to me.

 

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Makes sense to me.

please don't believe that flowery language.

That is literally the stupidest article I have ever taken the time to read.

 

[awkwardblackgirl]

please don't believe that flowery language.

That is literally the stupidest article I have ever taken the time to read.

I mean, if you're lifting some minuscule amount of weight, sure but if the weight is pretty heavy then unless your bicep strength is like whoa, then yea you would tend to want to incorporate other parts of your body to complete the move. It wouldn't be as much as the bicep muscle, but the muscles that you need to keep your body in good form are necessary to do the move correctly. I don't think the article is stupid, personally.

 

[semtex]

I mean, if you're lifting some minuscule amount of weight, sure but if the weight is pretty heavy then unless your bicep strength is like whoa, then yea you would tend to want to incorporate other parts of your body to complete the move. It wouldn't be as much as the bicep muscle, but the muscles that you need to keep your body in good form are necessary to do the move correctly. I don't think the article is stupid, personally.

WHERE MY BREHS AT? @MMSex @Malta @krackdagawd @Serious @Black Jesus

 

[awkwardblackgirl]

WHERE MY BREHS AT? @MMSex @Malta @krackdagawd @Serious @Black Jesus

Whenever you do any type of lift, do you think the only muscle you work is the one you're focusing on?

 

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Whenever you do any type of lift, do you think the only muscle you work is the one you're focusing on?

no because I'm not a noob and i don't do isolation

gotta do a REAL compound exercise to get them there benefits.

 

[awkwardblackgirl]

no because I'm not a noob and i don't do isolation

gotta do a REAL compound exercise to get them there benefits.

And I think that's what the article is trying to say. 'Isolation' exercises don't only work the muscle you're focusing on, something that a lay person would think. Like how you can work your triceps doing dips, but are also in fact working your chest. Someone who isn't in any type of shape would probably get more full body benefits from doing bicep curls than someone like you, who is in excellent shape.;)

 

[Blacsmiff]

If a chin up is considered a compound exercise, I don't see why a heavy standing barbell curl wouldn't be. You're using all your muscles + synergists to perform the movement.

 

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If a chin up is considered a compound exercise, I don't see why a heavy standing barbell curl wouldn't be. You're using all your muscles + synergists to perform the movement.

blasphemy

 

[NSSVO]

... no one does isolation anymore...? i can't keep up with yall this shyt

 

[semtex]

y'all making me mad

 

[Blacsmiff]

blasphemy

 

[Serious]

I get gist of what the author is saying, but my main issues that I see anything but this.

Doing a bicep curl with "super-strict form" means standing with a slight bend in your knees and driving your heels into the ground with your head and chest up. You need to keep your abdominals engaged during the entire set in order to maintain proper form and work your abdominal muscles. As you keep your shoulders and elbows back you will begin to contract your triceps, and as you curl the bar up it will contract your biceps.