07/18/2021
The other day I posted a video of one of my rad clients doing a super heavy bicep curl so today I wanted to talk about one of the exercises I have all of my clients do to help increase bicep strength and power.
In this video I'm doing eccentric focused bicep curls. The "eccentric" part of a lift is the down movement. So you'll see that I'm going down really, really, reallllly slow. Put simply, the down part of a movement is where you get the most gains. So focusing on the down part helps make you stronger!
Now, you'll also notice that on the "up" part of the movement I'm using all sorts of momentum and legs and shoulders and generally have horrible bicep curl form. Regularly, I would never use that type of momentum for a bicep curl, but the point of this exercise is to overload the biceps with a weight you couldn't regularly do.
To do that, it sometimes takes a bit of momentum and struggle to get the weight up, but from there you focus on really smooth, controlled form on the way down. This 1. emphasizes the down portion which promotes more muscle growth and 2. teaches your body what it feels like to handle heavier loads than it's used to.
Give this exercise a try!
