This Exercise is LIMITING your Bicep GROWTH!

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Preacher curls are a fantastic exercise for the biceps, however, many machines stop you from reaching full elbow extension due to the limited range of motion of the handles, meaning oftentimes you are neglecting this position. And we all know what happens when you load too much in that weakened state. So to prevent this, make sure to include some sort of bicep exercise that fully stretches your biceps in that lengthened position with your elbows just slightly behind your body. An incline curl works fine, but my personal favorite is an elbow supported curl on the lat pulldown machine, of course if it is open, really focusing on fully extending your arm back and stretching those biceps under control. Pause for a second or two at the bottom, then explode up as hard as possible, with absolutely 0 momentum. Give it a try, and strengthen up that end position.

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[ashnran]

Curling 55s with form that good is crazy work

[hessiankyojin]

With the last short done, we are now waiting for the FULL GLUTE SPREAD

[tristan]

You do that on the good lat pulldown machine on a busy day one of us is ending up in a cop car or ambulance

[Soccasteve]

You can also do these on the preacher bench facing away if the lat pulldown is taken.

[Deireadh_Chulainn]

Cheat curls in the squat rack >>>

[jaredmatthew-jibv]

But there’s no tension in the stretched position on the variations you recommend, lying bicep curl on a low incline is better for the stretch, or cable curl with the cable at 90 degrees from the hand while arm is extended, that was there’s maximum stretch on the bicep

[lewisstrongofficial]

I have found very few preacher curl machines that allow me to go to full extension. I wish this was corrected in modern preacher curl machines.

[sen]

The only problem with this would be ur forearms gets exhausted before u could hit failure . I believe why not a free weight preacher curl version I believe the forearms are isolated more and too u can hit ur stretched position .

[kolleo]

i use the base of the handles like a hammer preacher curl

[Johnsontherd]

Incline curl to strengthen bottom position in preacher curl? So basically do a excercise with no tension in lengthend position to get stronger in the lengthend position in another excercise. Makes alot of sense

[OutrageIsNow]

That’s actually my favorite curl too bro. I saw John from Mountain Dog Training doing them and I tried em and fell in love

[yoyoezzijr]

The range of motion on that machine is perfectly fine. I use that ROM for dumbbell preacher curl too

[chonkeboi]

Ex bar preacher curls are great, having higher torque in the lengthened portion of an exercise is probably better for hypertrophy.

[JoaquinEscalante-rqbg]

Just do one arm preacher curls:
- No worrying about muscle imbalance
- Easy to track

[coows]

except that at the very, very bottom, there is little to no tension.

[joshsingh]

To conclude is it better to do seated preacher curls at light weight than do heavy to prevent bicep tear. This has been on my mind since, and I havent been increasing the weight on the machine

[Nesh]

New exercise unlocked: Elbow Supported Curl (Lat Pulldown Mch.)

[rinvfx]

i would be waiting for that lat pulldown machine somewhere in the corner, and question in my head what’s the dawg doing. but pretty creative i give u that. nothing beats the stretch of cable bicep curls though

[joshjones]

Aside from just doing dumbbell preacher curls…one could also pull the preacher machine back until the resistance drops off, then start your reps from there

[worldztune]

Oh my goh, that really happens?? That hurt