What happened to the Bicep curl???

I do bicep curls sometimes. Rarely with a barbell. 65 lbs for a set of 12 last time I did. I usually go for hammer curls. I do chin ups and pull ups, so my biceps do get worked.

Completely understand this. If I was lifting 3 days a week I would barley be doing any isolation exercises, but fact is I have nothing better to do so find my self at the gym 5 days a week so find myself working different body parts everyday.

I could go 5 days a week but I just don't see the point given my goals. They're entirely functional in nature. An any exercise that doesn't feature either balance-intensive work or heavy core integration just isn't for me.

Definitely.

Aside from this point...youtube MartIn Berkhan. That boy has stupid huge arms for his size...curl free.

Completely understand this. If I was lifting 3 days a week I would barley be doing any isolation exercises, but fact is I have nothing better to do so find my self at the gym 5 days a week so find myself working different body parts everyday.

Again, I realize I'm a chick in a boy thread, but let me just say this....you will never win this argument on here, my friend. On MFP, if you want to be one of the "cool kids", you can't do anything but Squat, Bench, Pullups, Deadlifts, repeat....

Just do your thing and don't worry about what everyone else says ...ok, I'm done. Peace out!! Merry Christmas boys :smokin:

70kg x6, no swinging, sometimes in the squat rack if someone's left the bar loaded.

Completely understand this. If I was lifting 3 days a week I would barley be doing any isolation exercises, but fact is I have nothing better to do so find my self at the gym 5 days a week so find myself working different body parts everyday.

Again, I realize I'm a chick in a boy thread, but let me just say this....you will never win this argument on here, my friend. On MFP, if you want to be one of the "cool kids", you can't do anything but Squat, Bench, Pullups, Deadlifts, repeat....

Just do your thing and don't worry about what everyone else says ...ok, I'm done. Peace out!! Merry Christmas boys :smokin:

Ill never be a cool kid =( ... merry xmas!

That sucks..I really thought I was one of the cool ones-Bummer! LOL

Damn isolation work!

I'm sorry to have to be the one to break the news to you fellas But hey, look on the bright side...nerds have nice biceps :laugh:

I'm sorry to have to be the one to break the news to you fellas But hey, look on the bright side...nerds have nice biceps :laugh:

You know you're a nerd when people are always mistaking you for a guy when you're actually a chick with a great avatar (and biceps )

I've been lifting weights since April. My goal in 2012 was to remove as much fat as possible, which I think I've succeeded at. I lift to break up the boredom at the gym. I do standing curls with dumbbells , and reverse grip curls with the barbell. I love the reverse grip curl...it gives a nice bicep workout.

I've noticed this time of year that there are a lot of larger ladies deadlifting and doing squats. I think they mistakenly believe these exercises are the key to fat loss...I'm not sure where this myth was started, but I can't just be MFP.

And bicep curls are better? Compound lifts are the most effective strength training exercise for maintaining LBM while trying to lose weight. They have a much better metabolic impact.

I've been lifting weights since April. My goal in 2012 was to remove as much fat as possible, which I think I've succeeded at. I lift to break up the boredom at the gym. I do standing curls with dumbbells , and reverse grip curls with the barbell. I love the reverse grip curl...it gives a nice bicep workout.

I've noticed this time of year that there are a lot of larger ladies deadlifting and doing squats. I think they mistakenly believe these exercises are the key to fat loss...I'm not sure where this myth was started, but I can't just be MFP.

Christmas makes fat chicks squat?

I've been lifting weights since April. My goal in 2012 was to remove as much fat as possible, which I think I've succeeded at. I lift to break up the boredom at the gym. I do standing curls with dumbbells , and reverse grip curls with the barbell. I love the reverse grip curl...it gives a nice bicep workout.

I've noticed this time of year that there are a lot of larger ladies deadlifting and doing squats. I think they mistakenly believe these exercises are the key to fat loss...I'm not sure where this myth was started, but I can't just be MFP.

Christmas makes fat chicks squat?

Every year around Christmas, all of the noobs...(especially women)...rush to the gym to do deadlifts and squats. It's an epidemic of compound movements.

Er...uh...yeah.

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I don't pay much attention to the weight on the bar these days, and certainly don't take exercises like this down to singles..........but i routinely do BB curls with 85 for sets of 10+. occasionally i will go up to 105 for the same rep numbers, but slightly more sloppily..........its ok to cheat when you curl.............towards the end of a set anyway........

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I always see people post there 1RM for Squats, Dead lifts, and Bench press. But what is everyone curling with a straight bar? I don't want to know a 1RM I mean what are you curling for at least 6 reps???? ( without swinging your back and looking like a a**hole!)

I bicep curl all the time. With a curl bar and with dumbbells.
Bicep, Hammer and Concentration curls.

I've been lifting weights since April. My goal in 2012 was to remove as much fat as possible, which I think I've succeeded at. I lift to break up the boredom at the gym. I do standing curls with dumbbells , and reverse grip curls with the barbell. I love the reverse grip curl...it gives a nice bicep workout.

I've noticed this time of year that there are a lot of larger ladies deadlifting and doing squats. I think they mistakenly believe these exercises are the key to fat loss...I'm not sure where this myth was started, but I can't just be MFP.

And bicep curls are better? Compound lifts are the most effective strength training exercise for maintaining LBM while trying to lose weight. They have a much better metabolic impact.

To both Cris and Sara, I love and respect you both, but I just don't get the Iso and Curl Bashing that persists here. Every word of what you guys are saying is true, but not ALL exercises have to be done for metabolic impact, do they? And what if I'm not trying to "maintain mass while losing weight"? What if someone is just trying to actually gain mass? Why is old fashioned hypertrophy frowned upon?

To answer Cris' question, the curling action works the curlin' muscles. Whatever the peer reviewed studies might say, if you do direct, isolated bicep work, your arms gonna get big. Whether we think bigger arms are something to strive for or not, we can at least agree that doing curls will make them bigger, can't we?

When exactly did I bash it? Please point me to where I did.

I explained why I did not do them (because MY goals are achieved more effectively with what I currently do) and I also pointed out why, the guy that wondered why, 'larger ladies' did squats and deadlifts.

OK, bash is too loaded a word. How about, "strongly recommend against"? Would that be fair? You are one of the most fit people on the site and have an incredibly large following (deservedly so) so even if you saying something like "it doesn't align with my goals" it carries a lot of weight and lands as powerfully as if you said "Don't anyone do these, ever".

Also, to be fair, I AM unfairly directing question towards you and Cris even though neither of you may be guilty of what I'm accusing. But I really want your takes on it precisely because I do respect your opinions and find your arguments both intelligent and well reasoned. It would do no one on this site any good if I attempted to debate one of the many knuckleheads around this piece