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OT workout tips for bicep?

Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:07 pm
Posted by texag7
College Station
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:07 pm
Any advice on new workouts for the bicep? Have hit a plateau. Currently doing seated curls with 50's for one set then moving to 2 with 45's and a final 4th with 40's. After that I usually do a few sets of standing hammer curls with 50's.

Haven't been able to up my weight in a few weeks and be able to get good reps in. Any advice? Would like to add more mass to my bicep. I'm tall around 6'4 and I've found it hard to build mass.

Pre workout pic from today. Sorry mirror is dirty. Thanks

Posted by High C
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:08 pm to
*s
Posted by Tiger Ryno
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:08 pm to
Can we get some leg pics?
Posted by Chad504boy
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:08 pm to
Pull-ups
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:09 pm to
Dudes frick up trying to lift as much as possible. You want to fully extend and contract at the peak of the bicep. That's how you get big cannons.

Guys who grab 40 pound dumbbells and start rocking their hips don't do their arms justice.
Posted by saintsfan1977
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:09 pm to
Stick to barbell and eat like a mofo

I would get that melanoma on your arm checked out.
Posted by SabiDojo
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:10 pm to
You need to start doing hammer curls too
Posted by texag7
College Station
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:10 pm to
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I would get that melanoma on your arm checked out.


Dirty mirror
Posted by kilo1234
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:11 pm to
Curls for the girls, baw!
Posted by BRgetthenet
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:12 pm to
He dindu legs
Posted by Jizzamo311
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:12 pm to
quote:

Currently doing seated curls with 50's for one set then moving to 2 with 45's and a final 4th with 40's. After that I usually do a few sets of standing hammer curls with 50's.


How many reps are you doing per set?
Posted by High C
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:12 pm to
Is that your arm? Don't change anything! You're like a Greek god.
Posted by onelochevy
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Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:13 pm to
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Pull-ups


This. If they get too easy for you, grab a strap and hang some plates from your waist and do weighted pull ups
Posted by Ace Midnight
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:13 pm to
Weighted chin-ups, baw.

I used to be a curl advocate. I went all functional/compound, and am happy.

quote:

Would like to add more mass to my bicep.


Honestly, if you look up Arnold's arm workout, which he changed very little for decades:

I used this to great effect for years:

- (Cheating) EZ curl bar curls (I recommend 5x5)

- Standing alternate dumbbell curls

- Incline dumbbell curls (I was relatively unfamiliar with this one before I started on Arnold's routine)

- Seated concentration dumbbell curls


I would alternate bicep and tricep days when I did that routine, 2 times per week. Obviously, if you have an arm day, you can superset your bicep/tricep exercises, generally, although I wouldn't superset the EZ bar curls.

This post was edited on 3/31/16 at 4:14 pm
Posted by texag7
College Station
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:13 pm to
quote:

How many reps are you doing per set?


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Posted by oleyeller
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:14 pm to
do more tricep workouts. This will improve strength, and make more mass in arms. Bicep is such a small muscle.. work triceps more and you will see better results and more mass in arms
Posted by PenguinNinja
Antarctica (and Japan)
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:14 pm to
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This is the first time I've clicked on one of these work out threads. Never gonna happen again.

Did you really post a picture of your arms? Actually did you really take a picture of your arm?


This.

The frick out: get it.
Posted by NewIberiaHaircut
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:14 pm to
The way your hand is positioned makes it look like you're about to cup your boyfriend's balls.
Posted by texag7
College Station
Member since Apr 2014
41640 posts
Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:14 pm to
That sounds good. Thank you for the advice

Posted by fisherbm1112
Baton Rouge
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Posted on 3/31/16 at 4:15 pm to
Oh this ought to be filled with inspiration for you.
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