Hammer curls
randomsue
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Hey mfp,
My question is about hammer curls. Today at the gym there was a guy that was telling a few women working out to stop doing the workout they were doing for arms and to do hammer curls. The only thing is he insisted on doing them as fast as you can in 1 minute increments. Over and over . Pumping your arms with the dumbbells like you were sprinting, He tried to get me to join but nope. I wanted to know, is that a real thing?
My question is about hammer curls. Today at the gym there was a guy that was telling a few women working out to stop doing the workout they were doing for arms and to do hammer curls. The only thing is he insisted on doing them as fast as you can in 1 minute increments. Over and over . Pumping your arms with the dumbbells like you were sprinting, He tried to get me to join but nope. I wanted to know, is that a real thing?
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Unsolicited advice at the gym is never a good idea. Why was he doing this? Just to talk to the ladies? Hope no one else listened to him. Hammer curls are an option, but certainly the ONLY one you should do. Weird. Glad you didn't join in. I'd keep an eye out and see if this is just something that guy goes or what. Then I'd ignore him.0
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WTF! I hope no one listened to him.0
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I thought Hammer Curls, like other curls and other weight lifting movements, were to be done slowly, deliberately and methodically. Keeping your muscles under stress for a while. No? Or is this something else I learned in school that is now disproven?0
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Yeah, not great advice by any means. The hammer curl just add a different stimulus to the biceps muscles that's all. There is validity in doing regular barbell curls, db curls, or hammer curls. Doing them as fast as possible for a minute straight... I don't know what the purpose would be in that. Perhaps he's trying to equate some relationship between time under tension and growth. It's rather silly though. With that exercise I would typically, maybe not always, use a weight that I could do for 8-12 reps with a controlled eccentric movement and possibly a 2 sec hold at the peak of the movement. There are many ways to skin-a-cat, not sure his is one of the better ways though.0
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It all seemed crazy. But, I am definitely an amateur. He asked them if they could feel it in their biceps. They said no, just their shoulders. There was no form but to hold in their tummy. I am glad I didn't join in that fiasco. It seemed a recipe for injury. I'm going to learn to ignore the crazy I guess.0
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Sam_I_Am77 wrote: »Yeah, not great advice by any means. The hammer curl just add a different stimulus to the biceps muscles that's all. There is validity in doing regular barbell curls, db curls, or hammer curls. Doing them as fast as possible for a minute straight... I don't know what the purpose would be in that. Perhaps he's trying to equate some relationship between time under tension and growth. It's rather silly though. With that exercise I would typically, maybe not always, use a weight that I could do for 8-12 reps with a controlled eccentric movement and possibly a 2 sec hold at the peak of the movement. There are many ways to skin-a-cat, not sure his is one of the better ways though.
Gotcha good to know. Thank you
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It probably burns more calories than regular curls. Which might be a good thing for some people. Not everyone's goal is maximal growth.0
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The most ridiculous thing I've ever heard. You can do more reps with a lighter weight if you want to tone or slowly with heavier weight to get bigger but in 20 years of working out and doing weights, I can't say I've ever seen that before. Good way to possibly tear your bicep muscle. If you see this guy again, don't take anymore advice.0
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Unsolicited advice at the gym is never a good idea. Why was he doing this? Just to talk to the ladies? Hope no one else listened to him. Hammer curls are an option, but certainly the ONLY one you should do. Weird. Glad you didn't join in. I'd keep an eye out and see if this is just something that guy goes or what. Then I'd ignore him.
^^^^ This. And yes hammer curls are a thing.0 -
some of the exercises in my program are as many reps as possibly per a certain amount of time, 30 seconds or a minute or whatever, for a certain movement. But thats just one exercise , combined with many others over a whole training cycle. AMRAPS have their purpose in the gym, whether they are hammer curls, DB press or ball slams or whatever. If you aren't a program that incorporates them occasionally, you can always throw some in just for fun but everything in moderation and along with a good variety or other exercises. I would never do just one movement AMRAP, nor would i listen to anyone at the gym except my trainer.0
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