Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

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If it's putting too much pressure on the wrist, skip the curl - you can always add wrist curls on their own later if you feel like doing forearms.  I'm not one for compound movements in general.  I prefer to focus on one muscle at at time and just kill it but that's just me..

 

Had time for another quick workout this morning so, true to my plan, I did I Want Those Arms workout 2. Good stuff, as always. I did 20 knee push-ups as the DVD was loading too. My abs are sore from yesterday and my arms are already talking to me, it doesn't take much to get my muscles yelling now, apparently but that's better than them staying quiet because I'm staying in active.

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong? I hear this differently from different instructors for regular bicep curls too, to curl your wrist in at the top or to keep it straight. Is is

appropriate for specific results or does it not matter? Thanks!

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So, you're saying the curl at the top is to work the forearm? The way Tamilee puts it, it sounds like it is supposed to hit the bicep. Interesting. Maybe I'll have to listen to her again and see if I'm hearing something wrong.To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:36:50 PMSubject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

If it's putting too much pressure on the wrist, skip the curl - you can always add wrist curls on their own later if you feel like doing forearms. I'm not one for compound movements in general. I prefer to focus on one muscle at at time and just kill it but that's just me..

Had time for another quick workout this morning so, true to my plan, I did I Want Those Arms workout 2. Good stuff, as always. I did 20 knee push-ups as the DVD was loading too. My abs are sore from yesterday and my arms are already talking to me, it doesn't take much to get my muscles yelling now, apparently but that's better than them staying quiet because I'm staying in active.

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong? I hear this differently from different instructors for regular bicep curls too, to curl your wrist in at the top or to keep it straight. Is is

appropriate for specific results or does it not matter? Thanks!

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I think it will indeed work your bicep more intensely but I would never do that at the expense of hurting or injuring your wrist

 

So, you're saying the curl at the top is to work the forearm? The way Tamilee puts it, it sounds like it is supposed to hit the bicep. Interesting. Maybe I'll have to listen to her again and see if I'm hearing something wrong.

To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:36:50 PM

Subject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

 

If it's putting too much pressure on the wrist, skip the curl - you can always add wrist curls on their own later if you feel like doing forearms.  I'm not one for compound movements in general.  I prefer to focus on one muscle at at time and just kill it but that's just me..

 

Had time for another quick workout this morning so, true to my plan, I did I Want Those Arms workout 2. Good stuff, as always. I did 20 knee push-ups as the DVD was loading too. My abs are sore from yesterday and my arms are already talking to me, it doesn't take much to get my muscles yelling now, apparently but that's better than them staying quiet because I'm staying in active.

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong? I hear this differently from different instructors for regular bicep curls too, to curl your wrist in at the top or to keep it straight. Is is

appropriate for specific results or does it not matter? Thanks!

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Okay, got it now. Thanks, , I'll just keep doing it without the extra curl at the top.To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:48:45 PMSubject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

I think it will indeed work your bicep more intensely but I would never do that at the expense of hurting or injuring your wrist

So, you're saying the curl at the top is to work the forearm? The way Tamilee puts it, it sounds like it is supposed to hit the bicep. Interesting. Maybe I'll have to listen to her again and see if I'm hearing something wrong.

To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:36:50 PM

Subject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

If it's putting too much pressure on the wrist, skip the curl - you can always add wrist curls on their own later if you feel like doing forearms. I'm not one for compound movements in general. I prefer to focus on one muscle at at time and just kill it but that's just me..

Had time for another quick workout this morning so, true to my plan, I did I Want Those Arms workout 2. Good stuff, as always. I did 20 knee push-ups as the DVD was loading too. My abs are sore from yesterday and my arms are already talking to me, it doesn't take much to get my muscles yelling now, apparently but that's better than them staying quiet because I'm staying in active.

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong? I hear this differently from different instructors for regular bicep curls too, to curl your wrist in at the top or to keep it straight. Is is

appropriate for specific results or does it not matter? Thanks!

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There's probably an article on it at bodybuilding.com or something but I'm too busy at work at the moment to google it.  That's a great site though!  Happy curls!

 

Okay, got it now. Thanks, , I'll just keep doing it without the extra curl at the top.

To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:48:45 PM

Subject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

 

I think it will indeed work your bicep more intensely but I would never do that at the expense of hurting or injuring your wrist

 

So, you're saying the curl at the top is to work the forearm? The way Tamilee puts it, it sounds like it is supposed to hit the bicep. Interesting. Maybe I'll have to listen to her again and see if I'm hearing something wrong.

To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:36:50 PM

Subject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

 

If it's putting too much pressure on the wrist, skip the curl - you can always add wrist curls on their own later if you feel like doing forearms.  I'm not one for compound movements in general.  I prefer to focus on one muscle at at time and just kill it but that's just me..

 

Had time for another quick workout this morning so, true to my plan, I did I Want Those Arms workout 2. Good stuff, as always. I did 20 knee push-ups as the DVD was loading too. My abs are sore from yesterday and my arms are already talking to me, it doesn't take much to get my muscles yelling now, apparently but that's better than them staying quiet because I'm staying in active.

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong? I hear this differently from different instructors for regular bicep curls too, to curl your wrist in at the top or to keep it straight. Is is

appropriate for specific results or does it not matter? Thanks!

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I went there and there was! Thanks! They don't say anything about curling the wrist inward but they do say this:At the top of the movement make sure that the little finger of your arm is higher than your thumb. This guarantees a good contraction. Hold the contracted position for a second as you squeeze the biceps.I'm trying to do that sitting on the couch (without weights) and it seems really hard to move my wrist that way. At most, my little finger seems more parallel than higher than my thumb, I don't seem to have enough flexibility to get it higher.I also learned, from researching this there and in other sites, that I've been starting my curls wrong!! I think I used to do them right then started overthinking it and started doing them wrong. I've been starting with my palms already facing upward (at least for a while I've been doing this). Not sure where I picked that up but I knew it didn't feel right and didn't feel as effective as it used to but haven't changed it because I thought it was right. Now I'm reading and seeing videos showing you start out in a neutral position, like you're going to do a hammer curl, then slowly turn the wrists out so the palms face up when

you get to 90 degrees, then I read about having the little finger higher than the thumb at the top. Altogether, this does feel much more effective so now I want another go at upper body but will let it rest a day before I put my new (renewed) knowledge into action.I did see on another website that it is best to keep your wrist stiff in any dumbbell bicep curl, as in not bending or curling it inward, because it can cause too much pressure on the elbow and/or wrist so I'm not sure if that is really what Tamilee means or not. I'll have to just watch and listen without doing it soon. I've done this workout a gazillion times and I've always wondered about that (and obviously, am still wondering but will continue keeping my wrist stiff, not locked of course though, but the inward twist is too much pressure on the wrist for me for sure).To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:54:31 PMSubject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

There's probably an article on it at bodybuilding.com or something but I'm too busy at work at the moment to google it. That's a great site though! Happy curls!

Okay, got it now. Thanks, , I'll just keep doing it without the extra curl at the top.

To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:48:45 PM

Subject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

I think it will indeed work your bicep more intensely but I would never do that at the expense of hurting or injuring your wrist

So, you're saying the curl at the top is to work the forearm? The way Tamilee puts it, it sounds like it is supposed to hit the bicep. Interesting. Maybe I'll have to listen to her again and see if I'm hearing something wrong.

To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 4:36:50 PM

Subject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

If it's putting too much pressure on the wrist, skip the curl - you can always add wrist curls on their own later if you feel like doing forearms. I'm not one for compound movements in general. I prefer to focus on one muscle at at time and just kill it but that's just me..

Had time for another quick workout this morning so, true to my plan, I did I Want Those Arms workout 2. Good stuff, as always. I did 20 knee push-ups as the DVD was loading too. My abs are sore from yesterday and my arms are already talking to me, it doesn't take much to get my muscles yelling now, apparently but that's better than them staying quiet because I'm staying in active.

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong? I hear this differently from different instructors for regular bicep curls too, to curl your wrist in at the top or to keep it straight. Is is

appropriate for specific results or does it not matter? Thanks!

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Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong?

Glad you got yourself another workout in, . As far as curling your wrist in I think its all in how you feel with the movement. I think can answer this one better than I can. I have weak forearms so biceps are always hard for me no matter how I do them.

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Biceps are ALWAYS hard for me too!  I'm sore every time I do them, but it seems like when I do my 3 sets of 10 for 6 exercises or so, the very most I can use are 15's, and that's certainly not for all the sets, I wind up going down to 12's and 10's eventually.  

I love the pump afterward, but it's a boring muscle group to train, imo, because all the exercises are pretty much the same. The others seem to have more variety to them. 

 

 

 

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong?

 

Glad you got yourself another workout in, .   As far as curling your wrist in I think its all in how you feel with the movement.  I think can answer this one better than I can. I have weak forearms so biceps are always hard for me no matter how I do them.  

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Thanks for the support, !To: exercisevideos Sent: Tue, July 24, 2012 6:13:26 PMSubject: Re: I Want Those Arms & Question on Bicep Curls

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong?

Glad you got yourself another workout in, . As far as curling your wrist in I think its all in how you feel with the movement. I think can answer this one better than I can. I have weak forearms so biceps are always hard for me no matter how I do them.

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I'm pretty strong when it comes to bicep curls. I think I lifted more than 15 when I did CLX but I can't look it up now because I'm at work.

My weakest muscle besides my stomach LOL, are my triceps! I can't really do more than 3 or 5 lbs! I try to do tricep dips but they kill me.

Oh well, we all have your "weak" spots,

Jen

Quick question on concentration curls: Tamilee tells you to curl your wrist in at the top of the move, to really get the biceps going. I find, especially when I'm trying to go heavy, which I am, that this puts a lot of pressure on my wrist, not my bicep. Am I doing it wrong?

Glad you got yourself another workout in, . As far as curling your wrist in I think its all in how you feel with the movement. I think can answer this one better than I can. I have weak forearms so biceps are always hard for me no matter how I do them.

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