Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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cheat curls and standing barbell curls

thegoof
thegoof
Posts: 8
Joined: 2002/04/26
Canada
2002/05/08, 06:39 PM
what is the difference between the two?
fireloard
fireloard
Posts: 665
Joined: 2001/03/27
United States
2002/05/08, 09:53 PM
On standing barbell curls you stand still.. keep your arms locked to the side and without rolling your shoulder you use your biceps to mostly 'curl' up the weight.. while with cheat curls (I haven't quite got these down yet so I could be wrong) you bend your knee's slightly and use your bodyweight to help (note this says help.. not do the work for you) you throw the weight up.. so your 'cheating'....
rpacheco
rpacheco
Posts: 3,770
Joined: 2001/12/13
United States
2002/05/09, 10:09 AM
Standing barbell curls - Try doing these while standing against a wall. This will force you to just use your arms in lifting the weights.

Cheat curls - With this exercise, you are recruiting other muscle parts (such as your back) to lift the weights. You can slightly swing the weights up...but the key is to concentrate on slowly bringing the weights down. Basically, your biceps are being worked on during the negative.

Hope this helps...

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**_Robert_**