Comments on: Barbell Bicep Curls

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:15:04 +0000

@daniel91. No, concentration curls aren’t good as a pre-fatigue exercise as you work one bicep at a time. When you then move to barbell curls, one arm will fail way before the other.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:09:00 +0000

@Tam. THT5 will include both Volume and HIT cycles.
The way to stay leaner on a gain cycle is not to overeat in the first place. Use my Calorie Calculator and dont’ go over that amount.
https://musclehack.com/calories-to-build-muscle-calculator/

By: Robert T.

Robert T. — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 20:28:36 +0000

Great article Mark. I like these alot. I will never do supinating dumbbell curls again, since there is not enough stress at the bottom of the curl (just as you mentioned in the past). I’m glad I’ve learned about optimized from you. It’s functional, natural, and most definitely effective. Looking forward to more articles. Musclehack rocks!

By: Mike Huber

Mike Huber — Wed, 07 Nov 2012 01:31:01 +0000

I’m with John, So There!!! I was going up to vertical position at top of rep, & my grip was to close together. Gonna put it to work on Back & Bicep day. Thank You Mark!!!

By: daniel91

daniel91 — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 21:19:27 +0000

Hi mark, great video!

I have one question: are concentration curls a good pre fatigue exercice before doing standing barbell curls?

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 20:32:22 +0000

Just back from the gym and it hurts all over! I’m sure I was getting some disapproving looks as I performed the barbell curls, which just encourages me to do it more 🙂 Seeing your vid again, I think I was slightly over extending my torso, sometimes going abit beyond vertical, but overall it was a very good exercise. Whilst in the middle of a set I ‘think’ I remember seeing Arnold doing this kind of curl on a YouTube clip. He mentioned contracting bicep muscle to just before PCP, begin the torso movement to vertical and contract biceps abit more. Therefore you’re at the PCP point for MUCH longer than normal. I tried it a few years ago but was told what I was doing was b@llocks. Now with MuscleHack backing, lets see who’s laughing now !!! 🙂

By: Turo

Turo — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:52:12 +0000

Excellent, dude! You the man!

By: Tam

Tam — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 17:20:15 +0000

Mark been doing it that way after I watched a video of yours with db’s I’m sure… It’s so funny watching people doing it the “static” way if you like… On another note m8, eager for the new workout, but will it be volume or intensity based, or a bit of both… What I have noticed is how quickly you can put size on in your workouts, but I like to play football (soccer) and some level of fitness, can you recommend a way of keeping a bit leaner without Tspa … I like my food to much to give up carbs… I’ve done Tspa which was good but hard to sustain… Sorry for the long winded reply… Tam

By: John A Davis

John A Davis — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 15:58:49 +0000

I’m so there.

By: Mark McManus

Mark McManus — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 13:03:02 +0000

Uh…hate seeing people do that back against the wall thing. No doubt their PT recommended it to them.
No do these in addition to cable curls.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 12:58:33 +0000

Cool. Doing arms tonight. I see alot of people doing barbell bicep curls with their backs to a wall or a machine, to stop all body movement. I look forward to trying this out. Would you think of doing this instead of Cable Curl? I’m abit confused in my understanding if all linear bicep contractions (i.e. no rotation) are essentially the same…? barbell curl, cable curl, concentration curl…..?