I threw you a curveball last blog when I said I would be working bench today.  After writing, I decided that wouldn’t be a good idea as I had just worked triceps extensively.  I ended up going with curls, wrists, forearms, and abs.  I ripped my biceps to shreds, but I wasn’t able to use as much weight as I would have liked because of all the forearm work I did yesterday.
Here were the bicep exercises:

regular dumbell curls
ez bar smith machine curls
ez bar smith machine reverse curls
incline bench side hammer curls
reverse dumbell curls

I mixed and matched the weight in this …read more

Have you ever changed your workout or upped the weight based on what someone else was doing in the weight room?  I have.  It doesn’t always happen and I won’t change my workout routine, but occasionally I have added weight were I otherwise might not have. The video I have today would have been one of those times.  Go ahead and take a look.
This guy thought he was way too cool on those curls. The posing at the end was more of a disservice to himself than anything else because his biceps are so weird looking. Can …read more

The topic of biceps never gets old in the weight lifting realm. Before I go over my bicep exercises from yesterday, I want to break down a YouTube video showing what not to do. As you watch the video see if you can count how many times the vlogger breaks form. Also, notice what muscles he is using to hoist the weight.
Very bad form shown in this video.  The first thing I noticed is his arm motions aren’t the same for his left and his right arms.  When lifting weights, you want to have both of your …read more

I was really tired today and definitely felt like going to sleep rather than working out, but I wouldn’t be a very good weight lifting blogger if I did that. I pushed myself into the gym and completed an adequate 35 minute workout, focusing solely on my back and bi’s. To kick things off I hit the scales and weighed in at 229 at 8:23 p.m.
Workout
3×12 regular dumbell curls 35 lbs
3×12 back extensions (machine) no weight
3×10 cross reverse curls
3×1 bridge hold 30 seconds
3×10 awkward curls
3×12 inside grip lat pulldowns plate 10
3×12 assorted curls
The goal here is obviously to …read more