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gremlinx8 · 03-06-2005, 08:45 PM

Is there any advantage to doing bicep curls seated as opposed to standing up?

R3d · 03-06-2005, 09:20 PM

seated is more isolated..

shred_head · 03-06-2005, 10:32 PM

Seated keeps you from cheating as much since you can't arch your back to the same degree to help you bring up the weight, which you shouldn't be doing anyways. Just remember when doing them that you keep your upper arm perpendicular to the floor, don't move it up along with the weight since that's taking some of the load off the biceps.

Ilow · 03-07-2005, 10:35 AM

Seated should prevent you from "cheating" little more, by not allowing you to use momentum to swing the weights. I would recommend doing seated preacher curls to help work the short head of the bicep, and seated alternating curls on an incline bench to work the long bicep head.

Cowman · 03-07-2005, 11:10 AM

Nothing wrong with a little controlled cheating.

dman2 · 03-09-2005, 12:08 PM

Definitely try sitting. You can also use a cable machine for this. I hate seeing these really big guys in the gym trying to swing up a weight that is too heavy for them,arching their back and grunting the whole time. It does work some, but not as much as if the exercise was isolated.

ChasingAmy · 03-09-2005, 09:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cowman

Nothing wrong with a little controlled cheating.

What he said, it can do wounders!

Ilow · 03-10-2005, 08:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cowman

Nothing wrong with a little controlled cheating.

Nothing you can do with cheating that you couldn't do better with appropriate weight and a spotter.

SiNai · 03-10-2005, 09:57 AM

Controlled cheating all the way, but only after you cannot do any more w/o cheating. Either is good, switch them up every once and a while.

silent_jay · 03-10-2005, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Ilow

Nothing you can do with cheating that you couldn't do better with appropriate weight and a spotter.

Tell that to Arnold the inventor of the cheat rep.

I used to cheat barbell curl 240lbs, and with dumbells I'd usually use 80-80lb. Oh yeah I weighed 285lbs at the time and it wasn't fat thats what happens when you sit in a gym for 4 hours a day. Cheat reps are geat just make sure that you aren't using so much weight that you end up hurting yourself

st33lr4t · 03-10-2005, 02:58 PM

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03-06-2005, 08:45 PM	#1 (permalink)
gremlinx8 Insane Location: Illinois	Bicep Curls Is there any advantage to doing bicep curls seated as opposed to standing up?

03-06-2005, 10:32 PM	#3 (permalink)
shred_head Psycho Location: Atlanta, GA	Seated keeps you from cheating as much since you can't arch your back to the same degree to help you bring up the weight, which you shouldn't be doing anyways. Just remember when doing them that you keep your upper arm perpendicular to the floor, don't move it up along with the weight since that's taking some of the load off the biceps. __________________ "Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds" -- Albert Einstein "A clear indication of women's superiority over man is their refusal to play air guitar." --Frank Zappa

03-07-2005, 10:35 AM	#4 (permalink)
Ilow Junkie Location: Pats country	Seated should prevent you from "cheating" little more, by not allowing you to use momentum to swing the weights. I would recommend doing seated preacher curls to help work the short head of the bicep, and seated alternating curls on an incline bench to work the long bicep head. __________________ "Religion is the one area of our discourse in which it is considered noble to pretend to be certain about things no human being could possibly be certain about" --Sam Harris

03-07-2005, 11:10 AM	#5 (permalink)
Cowman Psycho	Nothing wrong with a little controlled cheating. __________________ You don't like my point of view..but im insane

03-09-2005, 12:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
dman2 Insane Location: Georgia	Definitely try sitting. You can also use a cable machine for this. I hate seeing these really big guys in the gym trying to swing up a weight that is too heavy for them,arching their back and grunting the whole time. It does work some, but not as much as if the exercise was isolated. __________________ I have to exercise in the morning before my brain figures out what I'm doing. ~Marsha Doble

03-06-2005, 09:20 PM	#2 (permalink)
R3d Insane Location: Sask, Canada	seated is more isolated..

03-10-2005, 09:57 AM	#9 (permalink)
SiNai Dreams In Digital Location: Iowa	Controlled cheating all the way, but only after you cannot do any more w/o cheating. Either is good, switch them up every once and a while. __________________ I can't seem to remember now What it was like- to live life, before you.. symbiont

03-10-2005, 02:58 PM	#11 (permalink)
st33lr4t Psycho Location: Dallas, Tx	.......... Last edited by st33lr4t; 03-11-2005 at 05:24 AM..