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Angling of elbow and involvement of branchioradialis in EZ preacher curls (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by fastandcurious@lemmy.world to c/fitness@lemmy.world

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I get a lot forearm when doing preacher curls, why is that? Also is it safe to angle your elbow a bit outwards instead of completely straight, I find I can lift more weight this way, but it also might be cheating..

Edit: EZ Bar preachers

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[–] fastandcurious@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I did that because I have been having trouble progressing, I can do like 15 reps but as soon as I add 5kgs, I suddenly am struggling to do a single rep

[–] academician@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

If you can't add weight, keep adding reps. Studies show that rep ranges anywhere from 5 to 30 reps can be just as effective. And buy some smaller plates if it helps. Adding 5kg to an exercise like a bicep curl is a significant jump. I have 1kg and 0.5kg micro plates for that reason.