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Other/Mixed Curls: A Big Waste of Time?

Other strength modalities (e.g., Clubs), mixed strength modalities (e.g., combined kettlebell and barbell), other goals (flexibility)
watchnerd said:
I've tried that method, and it never seems to work for me because the plates hit the pad, preventing me from fully extending the elbow on the eccentric.
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Maybe something simple like this, if nothing else it’s cheap and might be worth a try:

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watchnerd said:
I've tried that method, and it never seems to work for me because the plates hit the pad, preventing me from fully extending the elbow on the eccentric.
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Strap a thick book and an Airex pad to the bench so that it doesn't extend past the middle of your forearm. Sounds like a lot to do but it should work - somehow you need to raise your upper arm off the bench.

-S-
 
Steve Freides said:
Strap a thick book and an Airex pad to the bench so that it doesn't extend past the middle of your forearm. Sounds like a lot to do but it should work - somehow you need to raise your upper arm off the bench.

-S-
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Good idea.

That's an evolution of what I do with the Airex pad on the top of the bench to do reverse hypers without it being too uncomfortable.
 
watchnerd said:
I've tried that method, and it never seems to work for me because the plates hit the pad, preventing me from fully extending the elbow on the eccentric.
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You could run a strap or belt around the bench and “curl” against that. Nothing more than a rolled up towel under your elbows needed for elevation - lowering your shoulders will put a goodly stretch on those biceps.

Sometimes you gotta think outside the box a bit.
 
This was pretty good pump work, and more challenging than suspected even at the light 8 kg weight due to the 17 min duration:

 
watchnerd said:
I not only watched it, I did it.

Also with 2 x 8 kg DBs.
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Whyyyyyy?

As an aside, I've been training hypertrophy style for the last three months and seen really great bicep gains (after neglecting curls for years) by doing the following pull workout 2x per week:

1. Chin-up - 3 x F
2. KB Row - 3 x 10-15
3. DB Curl - 3 x 10-15
 
watchnerd said:
Active recovery on a rest day?
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Ah that explains it, lol.
watchnerd said:
I've been doing DB rows for a few months now, but at the rate I'm progressing, I may run out of change plates that fit on the DB handles.
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I was inspired to Kroc row by your post about them a few weeks ago. Currently using my 24kg KB in the 20-25 rep range, but increasing quite drastically every week. My max kb is 40kg. Plan is to get that to 20 one day but it might take a while.
 
Dayz said:
Ah that explains it, lol.

I was inspired to Kroc row by your post about them a few weeks ago. Currently using my 24kg KB in the 20-25 rep range, but increasing quite drastically every week. My max kb is 40kg. Plan is to get that to 20 one day but it might take a while.
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I'm doing Krocs with 30 kg, 8-12 reps per set. I've been bumping up by 2-3 kg in weight whenever I hit 12 reps.

But my heaviest KB is also 40 kg, and if I load *all* my change plates on the DB, I can probably get that up to 45 kg.

Which should be completely doable given my typical BB row, but I don't know what I'm going to do for unilateral -- just pile on the reps, I guess.
 
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