Bicep Workouts...

Is there any benefits to using an olympic bar to do curls, rather than using a ezcurl bar or a normal barbell?

Not really, they are all essentially the same. What you should do is actually use dumbells and work your arms indivdually to eliminate strength differences in your arms.

Originally Posted by tienm23

Not really, they are all essentially the same. What you should do is actually use dumbells and work your arms indivdually to eliminate strength differences in your arms.

It also reduces the risk of wrist injury.

You probably know this already, but make sure you're using your arms only and not arching your back at all.

Originally Posted by tienm23

Not really, they are all essentially the same. What you should do is actually use dumbells and work your arms indivdually to eliminate strength differences in your arms.

i agree.

Control the curl - dont swing it like an idiot.

Before there's anymore comments about form... Im well aware of correct form (and the use of dumbbells for that matter).

I only brought up the subject because I constantly see guys using the squat cages to do curls. Normally I dont have any problems with guys doing this, so long as they're going heavy (ie., 135lbs or more)...

But when I see a guy doing a dinky 80/90lbs or even less weight it kind of pisses me off because they're just wasting space (they could easily do that weight on ezcurlbars or normal barbells).

I use the squat cages to do squats WITHOUT the bar

What do you mean by normal barbells? You mean the ones that have set weights on them?

Well, some people like the larger grip of the olympic size barbell. The gym that I go to has only ez curl bars with set weights, so if you want a straight bar, you have to steal a barbell from SOME station.

I'm just finding reasons why someone would use the squat rack for curls

On a side note: The new Men's Health Muscle magazine has an article on correct form of barbell curls. It states that if you haven't thrown up doing barbell curls, you're not doing them correctly

Originally Posted by KennyX

Before there's anymore comments about form... Im well aware of correct form (and the use of dumbbells for that matter).

I only brought up the subject because I constantly see guys using the squat cages to do curls. Normally I dont have any problems with guys doing this, so long as they're going heavy (ie., 135lbs or more)...

But when I see a guy doing a dinky 80/90lbs or even less weight it kind of pisses me off because they're just wasting space (they could easily do that weight on ezcurlbars or normal barbells).

Originally Posted by PennyArcade

What do you mean by normal barbells? You mean the ones that have set weights on them?

Well, some people like the larger grip of the olympic size barbell. The gym that I go to has only ez curl bars with set weights, so if you want a straight bar, you have to steal a barbell from SOME station.

I'm just finding reasons why someone would use the squat rack for curls

On a side note: The new Men's Health Muscle magazine has an article on correct form of barbell curls. It states that if you haven't thrown up doing barbell curls, you're not doing them correctly

The one Im at has all of them (just normal barbells.. the 10/15lb ones you have to add weights with, ez curl barbell that you have to add weights, normal barbells with set weights on them, and ez curl bars with set weights).