I’m thinking about getting into the YouTube dumbell curls circuit. There aren’t too many people – steroids or not – that can out curl me when I’m on top of my form (65×8 standing regular dumbells). I was looking around the videos today to see what my competition was. One guy stood out as really impressive – especially with his barbell curls (155×5).
Unlike sooo many other videos, this guy has solid form with very little rock. He’s not perfectly straight but it’s damn near impossible to stay completely rigid when you start getting into the really …read more

Exercising in the morning is so much better than waiting until later.  Today, I was headed to the gym for treadmill and then weights but the morning air was so nice I decided to run on the streets before lifting.  You know how some people say there is a honey dew taste in the air?  Well, if there is such a thing, it probably was present this morning.
I ran 30 and change before lifting weights.
The weight lifting today consisted of curls and legs.
The first exercise was split into two different exercises.  For one set I was doing step-ups with 40s …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

My last two workouts have been up against the clock, but just because you are low on time doesn’t mean you can’t have an energetic, fulfilling workout.  Both workouts have begun with 12+ minutes of treadmill to get the heart rate up.  Next, I get to the weights as fast as possible with less rest in between the sets and exercises.
In my chest and tricep workouts here was the exercises:

bench press 3×12, 1 set of 135, 1 set of 155, 1 set of 175

suspended ring flies (see last blog) 2×6

pushup fly off exercise ball (put your elbows on the inside …read more

Today was a basketball day. I played 4 games of full court basketball, took an hour rest, and then lifted weights for 35 minutes. By the last rep, my energy was sapped but I did feel good after logging such a thorough workout.
Here was my workout post basketball:

Smith machine EZ bar curl 3×10 67 lbs
regular dumbell curls 1×10 12 lbs
inside grip lat pulldowns 3×10 plate 10
reverse dumbell curls 1×10 25 lbs, 2×10 30 lbs
deadlift w/ dumbells 3×10 60 lbs
incline bench side curls (from fly position with knuckles pointed away from the body) 3×10 25 lbs
dumbell curls with slight …read more

We last discussed techniques for building bigger biceps in the weight room.  This blog we will go into what exercises you should implement to get massive upper arms.
First, I want to clarify that when I’m talking about monster pythons, I’m referring to strong, defined, big arms.  This is the big three you want to go after.  Huge arms are fine and dandy, but if they aren’t defined they can end up looking like lumps of fat falling out of your sleeves rather than the gun show you’d like to portray.  Furthermore, having a great physique can lead to a huge …read more

So you want 24 inch pythons of your own?  Well that might not be possible for most of us without HGH or steroids (even the Immortal Hulk Hogan needed them in addition to his vitamins), but you can achieve bulging bi’s with some heavy lifting in the weight room.  As someone that has peaked out at 19” and 3×8 of 65 lb regular dumbell curls, here’s what I recommend.
First, you’ve got to start off with what you have.  If you can’t rep out the 30 lb dumbells yet, you can’t do it.  That’s fine – everybody starts somewhere.  So you’ll …read more

I always laugh to myself when I ask this question at a hotel. It just sounds funny. As this is my first post on the weight lifting blog at EveryJoe, let me start by telling you a little about my experience and knowledge and what direction this blog is going to take.
I have lifted weights consistently for 13 years now. I started when I was 15 and I am now 28. My peak performance came at the age of 24. If you want an indicator, my bench press (the standard almost everybody goes by) was …read more