Best Biceps Curl Hand Position: EZ Bar or Straight Barbell ??

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Best Biceps Curl Hand Position:

"In my previously-posted video, The Best Exercise Tip for a Dumbbell BICEPS Curl, I explained how turning your palms upward during the curling motion fully engages the biceps muscle.

In other words, your biceps can work harder when your palms are facing straight up.

Lets take this principle to the gym, by watching Joe Six-Pack do a popular exercise, a curl with an EZ-curl bar. Instead of his palms facing straight up, they are now facing slightly inward making it a little easier on the wrists, but also a little easier on the biceps. With an EZ-curl bar, the biceps are never fully contracted and, in Joes case, the shape of the bar also forces his hands to be a little too far apart.

If you really want to fully contract your biceps during curls, which you should, youre probably better off going with a straight bar instead. Youll be able to position your hands in line with your elbows and shoulders and also assure that your biceps muscles are fully contracted, because your hands are fully supinated, or palms up, throughout the entire movement.

So whats the point? A bent bar isnt bad; its just not the best!"


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Best Biceps Curl Hand Position: EZ Bar or Straight Barbell ??

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  • Thanks for another ...

    Thanks for another great tip Doug !

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  • why is it that ...

    why is it that anytime somebody has good muscle size that people think they must be on steroids? its really not fair. Just because you may not have the size equal to somebody else doesnt mean that they take steroids.

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  • but why would one ...

    but why would one want to be that huge?

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  • Joe barely even ...

    Joe barely even works out AT ALL. He follow my system of Eccentrics....

    ONLY ONE SET OF 7 REPETITIONS EACH WEEK FOR EACH EXERCISE.

    Check out my website... it outlines everything!

    Doug :-)

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  • Honestly? no roids ...

    Honestly? no roids and that sort of Bi-cep size? jow 6 pack looks like hes pushing some 20"s. with that guys frame and body type doesnt seem natural to have arms that big.

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  • You're a F**king ...

    You're a F**king moron you think just because the guy has big muscles he automatically does steroids

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  • No roids... just ...

    No roids... just lots of food. Did you see the "Joe Six-Pack: DIET video" ??? :-)

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  • damn joe 6 pack lay ...

    damn joe 6 pack lay off the roids

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  • It's important to ...

    It's important to keep your hand, elbow, and shoulder all in the same plane (or line). I have a feeling that the narrow part of the EZ bar is probably too narrow for you.

    Dumbbells are probably better anyway. :-)

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  • thanks for the ...

    thanks for the heads-up about this, my dad gave me his EZ bar/weights from when he was my age, but recently I'd been hearing that a straight bar would give you a much better workout (including this video)... now I'm curious- do I need to go out and get a straight bar, or would I get the same effect by holding my hands at the points where the bar bends rather than along the straight parts?

    also, the tip about gripping the dumbbell from one end (the supination thing) definitely does the trick!

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  • Question: I'm ...

    Question: I'm trying to get more muscle mass, but I also want to do some cardio. If I do cardio workouts on the off days, will it have any negative reaction to my muscles getting bigger? I'm trying your basic Monday, Wednesday, Friday or Weekends workout. Also, which do you think is better, alternates or supersets workout?

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  • Membership has its ...

    Membership has its privileges. :-)

    As a YouTube Partner, I can upload an image to be used as my video clip icon. I think this is a new feature, and may be available to all YouTubers...

    check it out??

    Doug :-)

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  • How did you get an ...

    How did you get an icon for this video that's not a scene from the video?

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  • "JoeSixPack" lol

    "JoeSixPack" lol

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  • Good tip, always. ...

    Good tip, always. Thanx!

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