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Does anyone in the LJ BS Fitness Group know if using the preacher bench while doing curls has a better benefit than doing preacher curls standing and not using the bench?

Also, does anyone know anything about charlie horses?

Thanks,
Biff

Date: 2004-11-12 03:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pierceheart.livejournal.com
Using a bench allows you to simply focus on the biceps in the curling motion.

also, helps keep you from cheating by using body momentum.

Without a bench, if you are using dumbells (one for each hand) you get more overall strength in the muscles that are used to stabilize the motion. Especially if you try and lift both hands at the same time.

For my curls, I try and do a rotation movement as I come up, as the biceps control a good portion of the rotation of the lower arm.

Date: 2004-11-13 06:26 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wild-place-king.livejournal.com
Great help, thank you. I am looking forward to meeting you.

Date: 2004-11-13 02:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] pierceheart.livejournal.com
Thank you. I as well.

As for my lifting, which I just got back into doing, it was so that I can GAIN weight.

I was about 190 at Ft Drum in Dec 03.
By may 04 I was 160.

I am hovering around 165-167. I want 175 again.

But I am (was before I stopped lifting after my break up) benching more than my body weight!

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