The barbell curl is a great mass building exercise for the arms you can do at home with just an inexpensive barbell set. Form is key on this, most folks at the gym use terrible form. In this exercise, your elbows are pinned to your sides – the do not move one bit. Nothing moves except your your forearms. Your back, legs, head are all completely motionless. If you have to swing or bounce then you are using way too much weight.
As with any dumbbell exercise, form is key if you want to maximize your muscle building efforts and minimize the chance of injury. Don’t use too much weight, if you can’t do the exercise slowly then you need to go lighter. Count aloud “one onethousand, two onethousand, three onethousand” on the way up and the way down, if you cant do this on this exercise then you are using too much weight. The reason this exercise method maximizes your muscle growth is because it confines the motion to the muscle you are trying to work out, if your body squirms, swings, and kicks, all you are doing is taking the focus away from the muscle you are trying to exercise.
Anyone can be healthier, have more energy, sleep better, and feel better about themselves through bodybuilding. Bodybuilding doesn’t have to be expensive or take a lot of time, gyms are great but home workouts can save you time and money. A cheap dumbbell set from a garage sale or walmart is all it takes to get started with your home workouts.
For more information on home workouts, please see my free website (no advertising either):
http://fitness.scoobysworkshop.com
Limitation of Liability: Consult with your doctor before starting any exercise program! I am not a medical professional. It is your responsibility to critically evaluate this information and with the help of your physician decide if it is appropriate for you.
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scooby a few …
scooby a few questions, i cycle for about 1 hour, about 15 km a day, and then head home for weightlifting, whats your advice on this?
karma…
really …
karma…
really good… really slow though… I didnt realize it was supposed to be THAT slow though.
Yeah you saved another life!
scooby, just to …
scooby, just to tell you, your the best and i hope that the people that try to steal and use your videos to make money will be caught and severly punished =-)
Man, I don’t know …
Man, I don’t know why you are so kind giving all this advice for free with the website and the videos, but it helps a whole lot..man thanks, really. You really make sense and provide good advice. GOD bless you!!!
lol i workout out …
lol i workout out for about 5 hours today and stopped when my arms went numb and started to spasm
but i was doing same thing with 80 and 90 pound curls
lol
thanks scoob i will …
thanks scoob i will try that
When you are doing …
When you are doing a set, you keep doing reps till you cant possibly do another. Then for added intensity you can either 1) go Really slowly down on the last rep (15-30seconds) 2) do a drop set, that is, without rest drop to about 50% less weight and do another set or 3) have a spotter help you do 3-4 more reps.
so are you suppose …
so are you suppose to lift the weight until you cant lift anymore?
alright that helped …
alright that helped a lot thanks, you saved another life scoob! lolc
You use the most …
You use the most weight you possibly can and still lift with perfect form for the desired number of reps.
I think deadlifts …
I think deadlifts and squats are an excellent exercise if you are young and have an experienced coach or physical therapist who can show you how to do them without seriously injuring yourself, for the rest of us I would say to avoid them.
i dont understand …
i dont understand why you use low weights is it better to use low weight or high weight >_> or do u just lift your maximum..
Hi, you seem to use …
Hi, you seem to use dumbbells as much as you can. What is your opinion on barbells for compound movements such as deadlifts?
Hi nice strength …
Hi nice strength and thanks for the tip. I usually do them too fast oops.. lol
I’m not convinced …
I’m not convinced there is anything you can do to make the bicep ‘thicker’, you can just make the whole thing bigger which makes it wider. Many people, myself included, cant do barbell curls with a straight bar because it hurts our wrists so we are stuck with the ez-curl bar.
Great to hear!
Great to hear!
i hear the ez bars …
i hear the ez bars only work out the bracheallis but not the bicep brachie as much
hi, am i right in …
hi, am i right in thinkiin that using a straight barbell rather than an EZ bar, creates a thicker width to biceps? thnks
I didn’t think it …
I didn’t think it was a harsh comment, just his opinion and observations of Schwarzenegger’s technique. I am actually in two minds about fast or slow as I usually go quite slow but recently saw Arnie going fast. I guess if going slower helps keep correct form then I should stick to that and Scooby proves that slow doesn’t hurt the end result at all.
Keep up the good work man. Great videos =)
nice man i do most …
nice man i do most of your excersises now and only after a few weeks im noticeing a difference, nice job and nice website also
wow cool
wow cool
great videos man, …
great videos man, awesome technique and physique. very clever contraptions also. Don’t listen to that wiggasfahdays telling you that you’re wrong. Your technique works well for you and many other people, works perfectly for me also. He’s just pullin some internet tough talk. And if he does have a technique that never failed him, that’s just another technique, not the only technique. If he were to be genuine, his criticism would have likely been more constructive than it was harsh.
You are doing a …
You are doing a great service with these videos. Mostly for BODYBUILDERS. And you keep repeating the words “strict form” , great. Im more for brute strength myself. Still great stuff, i´m noting parts of it for my next workout. thanks
im glad to see a …
im glad to see a guy on youtube thata ctuly does the exercises correctly and doesnt cheat by using ur back and swinging. thanks for the advice champ keep up the good work!
man, you have a …
man, you have a great body!
I only disagree with the “do it really slow” part, ever saw shawn ray training? :p