* Best Mass-Builder for BICEPS *

[MonStar1023]

BUMP

 

[njmuscle]

Gotta go with good ol' standing barbell curls, with a regular Olympic bar. Hammer curls are a good second exercise. (Seems to be a popular combo!) I do like to throw in some cable curls sometimes.

 

[deppnade]

hammers, bbell curl, dumbell curl, cant beat em.......


i to do biceps 2x a week, mondays i do em with shoulders, only 9 sets, 10-15 reps, all squeezing, lower weight, to get the blood into em, do em by themselves on saturday, heavy shit......

 

[deppnade]

poliquin seems to be on zottmans jock in terms of curls, funny how no one voted for them in the poll......????

even in Charles' recommendations he doesnt say standing barbell curl, just has seated dumbell and close grip preacher......

whats that all about???

 

[CRUSHER]

STANDING BUMBELL CURLS AND THE CABLE CURL RULE HANDS DOWN,.....

 

[MonStar1023]

Barbell curls defintiely dont work for everybody. I honestly dont really like them all that much. They put a lot of stress on my wrists and I really cant handle all that much weight. Same goes with other basic exercises like flat bench for chest, never really did much for me.

 

[deppnade]

monstar, i was doing 315 the other day on flat and my shoulder has been killing ever since, rotator area, i am giving up flat barbell for the dumbell alternative, i figure the dumbell version builds the pecs alot better, im not looking for strength, im looking for huge pecs

 

[MonStar1023]

I am the same was almost completely.. I couldnt give 2 shits about fucking strength... everyone's like damn your big whatd you bench? Bench is so highly rated it makes me sick.

Anyway yeah stick with dumbbells bro and reap the benefits.

 

[DanielBishop]

Is there a big difference in the mass-building potential of standing barbell curls, and EZ-bar curls?

I have tried straight-bar curls every now and then, but it hurts my wrists.... my right wrist even pops out once in a while. So it's better for me to have my wrists on a bit of an angle....

... does it make that much difference?

 

[Robboe]

yes.

BB make you biceps fully supsinated and thus build the biceps better over EZ bars.