Well, even though I've been eating like shit and not training, I still curled 90's

[casavant]

Yeah, I went in and worked out the other day, just doing a kind of fully body- get some blood in there- stretch the muscle out- type of deal. I didn't do any big stuff like squats or deads, but I was surprised when I was messing around on the dumbbell rack and did a few sets of standing curls.

65 x 6
75 x 6
90 x 5 (leaned back some on last rep)

Funny, because my muscles felt soft as hell and looked flat. Sometimes you can never tell.

 

[PatsFan34]

I think my tendons would snap if I tried to curl that kind of weight!!!

 

[biteme]

Yeah, I went in and worked out the other day, just doing a kind of fully body- get some blood in there- stretch the muscle out- type of deal. I didn't do any big stuff like squats or deads, but I was surprised when I was messing around on the dumbbell rack and did a few sets of standing curls.

65 x 6
75 x 6
90 x 5 (leaned back some on last rep)

Funny, because my muscles felt soft as hell and looked flat. Sometimes you can never tell.

Thats a hell of a lot of weight to curl. You didn't use momentum? I think the most I've done is 65's for reps.

 

[AAP]

very true.... I have had days like that before.

Then again, there are some days I go in and train with less intensity and much less weight that I normally use, do not even break a sweat... wake up the next morning sore as hell.

Just have to keep telling yourself, that your body is not a machine... can't expect it perform on schedule all the time.

 

[casavant]

Re: Re: Well, even though I've been eating like shit and not training, I still curled 90's

Thats a hell of a lot of weight to curl. You didn't use momentum? I think the most I've done is 65's for reps.

Last one was swung pretty good. Not as bad as I could have, but still quite a cheat. The others were pretty good curls, but they weren't the type of "hold and squeeze" that I could do with 65's, naturally. Still, if it had been a total shitset, I wouldn't have posted about it- internet or not.

If you look at my pics on here (especially the bulking front-double-bi), you can see that biceps are one of my stronger points as far as size goes. Luckily, my strength seems to finally be catching up. For a couple of agonizing years, they weren't nearly as strong as I would have liked for them to have been for their size.

 

[biteme]

True, it shouldn't surprise me. You are one big mofo.

 

[anabolicmd]

You know, Ive noticed the same thing only with 80's lol. When I came back after a long layoff I had no problem resuming my arm training right where I left off, doing sets of three with 80 lbs. Not the very first workout, I did 75's but by my second one, I was back full strength on the biceps. But my squat, overhead and deadlift all went in the toilet.

 

[crmdogg]

damn i wish i could curl 90's

 

[2Thick]

Tendon strength

 

[Lao Tzu]

rotating curls or palm forward curls? Rotating curls are easier.

no one will ever top the 135 hammer curl