Curl form question

Preacher said:

The trainer at our gym taught my daughter to do a barbell curl keeping
the barbell as close to her body as possible throughout the movement.
This means adjusting the elbows backward as the bar is brought up, then
allowing them to come forward as the bar comes back down.

I've never seen this before. I've looked at several form videos online,
and it appears that in most of them, the elbow is stationary and the bar
moves further away from the body at about 90 degrees, then closer again
until the top of the movement.

Is what he's taught her helpful? Is there any danger or disadvantage in
performing the curl this way?

It might help untrained people avoid lower back injury from having the
lever arm further out from the centre of gravity, or avoid said injury
by making the movement into something where rocking back and forth to
heave the weight up becomes more difficult.

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Preacher said:

The trainer at our gym taught my daughter to do a barbell curl keeping
the barbell as close to her body as possible throughout the movement.
This means adjusting the elbows backward as the bar is brought up, then
allowing them to come forward as the bar comes back down.

Sounds like a form of the drag curl.

Quoted message said:

I've never seen this before. I've looked at several form videos online,
and it appears that in most of them, the elbow is stationary and the bar
moves further away from the body at about 90 degrees, then closer again
until the top of the movement.

Is what he's taught her helpful? Is there any danger or disadvantage in
performing the curl this way?

Seems like that way would require more weight o get the same effect.
It's different anyway.

Preacher said:

The trainer at our gym taught my daughter to do a barbell curl keeping
the barbell as close to her body as possible throughout the movement.
This means adjusting the elbows backward as the bar is brought up, then
allowing them to come forward as the bar comes back down.

I've never seen this before. I've looked at several form videos online,
and it appears that in most of them, the elbow is stationary and the bar
moves further away from the body at about 90 degrees, then closer again
until the top of the movement.

Is what he's taught her helpful? Is there any danger or disadvantage in
performing the curl this way?

I met that back in the day, under the name, "scrape curls." I think it
would restrict the range of motion, and the load on the biceps, which is
mostly the reason that people do curls in the first place.

rm

(Preacher) said:

The trainer at our gym taught my daughter to do a barbell curl keeping
the barbell as close to her body as possible throughout the movement.
This means adjusting the elbows backward as the bar is brought up, then
allowing them to come forward as the bar comes back down.

I've never seen this before. I've looked at several form videos online,
and it appears that in most of them, the elbow is stationary and the bar
moves further away from the body at about 90 degrees, then closer again
until the top of the movement.

Is what he's taught her helpful? Is there any danger or disadvantage in
performing the curl this way?

It's certainly not unhelpful, but a trifle dated.

The theory was, and still is, that by carrying out a biceps curl in
this way, that the weight would be working against the vertical line
of gravity throughout the entire ROM.

The obvious flaw to that theory is that once the weight gets about
mid-way, it is necessary to move the elbows forward to complete the
lift, which then means that other muscles are employed, and the biceps
cease to be the prime movers.

Have a great weekend - I am!! ;o)

TFIF!!

DZ said:

Charles said:

(Preacher) said:

The trainer at our gym taught my daughter to do a barbell curl keeping
the barbell as close to her body as possible throughout the movement.

It's certainly not unhelpful, but a trifle dated.

The theory was, and still is, that by carrying out a biceps curl in
this way, that the weight would be working against the vertical line
of gravity throughout the entire ROM.

Pardon the euphemism, but curls are one of the most fist-maticulatory

That's a new one on me?

Quoted message said:

exercises that closely follow triceps kickbacks on that scale.

They could be helpful as an addition to basic pulling/rowing lifts if
someone wished to compete in bodybuilding or otherwise devote life to
arm circumference.

I would suggest that they would be best forgotten as they are not
really particularly effective.

Quoted message said:

But since I only have an hour or two a day to be in the gym,

You have that much time and inclination *every* day?

Quoted message said:

they stay at the bottom of the queue.

I agree with that!!

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So does heart-shaped pink cd-player.

So what will you play your CD's on now? ;o)

Have a great weekend - I am!! ;o)

TFIF!!

DZ said:

Charles said:

DZ said:

But since I only have an hour or two a day to be in the gym,

You have that much time and inclination *every* day?

I don't need inclination

Surely "inclination" is the prerequisite of any training regime?

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but I do own a hefty time expander.

Fiendishly clever!! ;o)

HAGW!!