Incline situps 2 - 3 x 30 Incline knee raises 2 - 3 x 30 Bench presses 3 x 10 - 12 Lat pulldowns 3 x 10 - 12 Seated dumbbell presses 3 x10 - 12 Lateral raises 3 x 10 - 12 Pushdowns 3 x 10 - 12
Standing dumbbell curls 3 x 10 - 12 Leg extensions 3 x 12 - 15 Leg curls 3 x 10 - 12 Dumbbell squats 3 x 10 - 12 Dumbbell stiff - legged deadlifts 3 x 10 - 12 Standing calf raises 3 x 10 - 15
Start with your thumbs forward and supinate the dumbbells as you curl up as in
standing dumbbell curls.
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Standing dumbbell curls: 4 sets 12,10,8,8 • Standing cable rope pull downs: 5 sets 15,12,10,10,8 • Standing hammer curls: 4 sets 12,10,8,8 • Standing Triceps push down: 5 sets 15,12,10,10,8 • Standing straight bar arm curls: 4 sets 10,10,8,8 • Dips on bench: 4 sets of at least 20 reps 20,20,20,20 • Seated concentration curls or seated machine curls: 3 sets - failure • Single arm reverse cable pull downs: 3 sets of at least 20 20,20,20 • 10 - 15 mins on bike or treadmill
Tighten the wraps enough so that it's uncomfortable but not too painful, then try a high - volume superset of tricep rope press - downs and
standing dumbbell curls using half of the weight you normally would.
To understand this technique better, we are going to apply it to a simple exercise as
standing dumbbell curls.
Make
standing dumbbell curls the cornerstone of your biceps exercises.
Brandan:
Standing dumbbell curl, triceps rope pushdown, leg extensions, incline hammer press, weighted ab crunch on machine / hanging leg raises, pullups
Biceps standing biceps curl with straight bar and arm blaster, standing biceps curl with straight bar and narrow grip,
standing dumbbell curl with palms up.
FIRST incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 incline press using thick bar 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 flat bench dumbbell flye 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 stiff - arm pulldown 1 x 15 - 20 front pulldown or chin 1 x 8 - 10 one dumbbell pullover drop set of 3 x 8 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 pushdown with rope handle 1 x 15 - 20 close - grip bench press 1 x 8 - 10 seated overhead (one - arm) extension drop set 3 x 8 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 ab - bench crunch 1 x 15 - 20 incline or hanging kneeups 1 x 8 - 10 SECOND [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 standing forward - lean lateral raise 1 x 15 - 20 [2] dumbbell upright row 1 x 8 - 10 dumbbell (two - arm) press drop set 3 x 8 incline one - arm dumbbell lateral 1 x 8 bent - over dumbbell lateral drop set 3 x 8 dumbbell (two - arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 seated bent - arm bent - over dumbbell lateral 1 x 15 - 20 dumbbell (two - arm) row on high bench 1 x 8 - 10 one - arm dumbbell row 1 x 8 - 10 barbell shrug [wrist straps or hooks are fine] 1 x 15 - 20
standing dumbbell curl w arm - blaster 1 x 8 - 10 spider curl with E-Z curl bar 1 x 15 - 20 cable curl with straight bar 1 x 8 - 10 incline (two - arm) curl drop set 3 x 8 incline (two - arm) hammer curl drop set 3 x 8 rotator cuff with ShoulderHorn and dumbbells 1 x 8 - 10 hang from chinning bar'til failure THIRD front squat 1 x 6 - 8 leg extension 1 x 15 - 20 front squat 1 x 6 - 8 sissy squat 1 x 8 - 10 supine leg curl 1 x 15 - 20 leg press on angled leg press 1 x 8 - 10 stiff - legged deadlift 1 x 8 - 10 immediately followed by back extension 1 x 30 - 50 (no weight) 5 minute rest leg press calf raise 1 x 20 leg press calf raise 1 x 15 standing calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 seated calf raise 1 x 12 - 15 D.A.R.D raise 1 x 8 - 10 4 - way neck work with towel — 1 15 - second rep for each of the 4 ways TIPS for using this program in your weight lifting routines:
Not exact matches
• Barbell
curls: 4 sets, 8 - 12 reps •
Standing alternate
dumbbell curls: 3 sets, 8 - 12 reps • Cambered - bar preacher
curls: 3 sets, 8 - 12 reps •
Standing cable
curls: 4 × 2 sets, 8 - 12 reps
These are performed in a similar way as the
standing barbell
curls, but in this version, the
dumbbells should fall a little to the side instead of falling straight in front of your thighs.
The Welsh Dragon always begins his biceps routine with
standing alternate
dumbbell curls.
Sample Exercise Setup: Chest — 3 exercises, 1 incline, 1 flat and 1 decline Back — 4 exercises, 1 wide chin up or latt pull, 1 row, 1 pulley or machine row, Deads or pullovers (alternate between these two) Delts — 3 exercises, overhead press, side laterals, bent laterals Triceps — 3 exercises, overhead tricep extension with bar or
dumbbell, cable pressdown, machine dip Biceps — 3 exercises, preacher
curl, barbell or
dumbbell curl, cable
curl Quads — 3 exercises, press of some kind, extension, hack or press or squat of some kind Hams — 1 exercise, leg
curl Calves — 3 exercises,
standing calf raise, bent lower back calf raise (like donkey calf raises where your upper body and lower body are in an «L» shape), seated calf raises Abs - 3 exercises, weighted machine crunch, hanging leg lifts, cable reverse crunches Traps — 1 exercise, shrugs
Incline Reverse
Dumbbell Curls 2 - 4 sets of 8 - 15 reps (no rest) Note: If you don't have a bench, then you can do these
standing.
2B) Superset with
Dumbbell hammer
curls standing on one leg (3 sets of 10 reps, light weight)-- again, for stability.
For example, Pillar # 3 can be made more functional with a
standing alternating band pull, or we can provide a hypertrophy emphasis with a bent - over
dumbbell row or
dumbbell curl.
day 1 ARMS -
standing curl - 15,12,10,8,8 - incline hammer
curl - 12,10,10,8 - concentration
curl - 12,10,10,8 - bench press - 15,12,10,6 - reverse wrist
curl - 15,12,10,8 - wrist
curl - 20,15,12,10,8 - laydown tricep ext - 15,12,10,8 - tricep kickback - 15,12,10,8 Day 2 legs - dumbell lunges - 16,12,10,10,8 - calf ext - 25,20,20,20 - sitting calf ext - 20,20,20 - mule calf ext - 20,20,20 - squats - 15,12,10,10 - hamstring
curl - 15,12,10,8,8 - leg ext - 15,12,10,8,8 Day 3 Shoulders and back - side arm lift - 15,12,10,8,8 - single arm
dumbbell pull - 15,12,10,8,8 - front barbell press - 12,8,6,6 - straight leg dead lift - 15,12,10,8,8,8 -
dumbbell shoulder press - 12,10,8 - drop set - 8,10,12 - overhead laydown barbell pull - 12,8,8,8 - front
dumbbell lift - 15,12,10,8,8 - laydown reverse butterfly - 12,10,10,10 -25 #plate front lift with barbell shrugs superset - 12/15, 12 / 12,12 / 10,12 / 8,12 / 8 I space these out over 7 days and do various exercises in between, generally pushups, crunches, other calisthenics, and walking / jogging.
I like doing these
standing with an EZ -
Curl bar but you could use a straight bar or
dumbbells instead if you wanted.
Upper Body Workout standard crunch 4 set rep 25 Oblique crunch 2 each side set rep 25 hammer
curl 2 set rep 25
dumbbell press set 2 rep 25 15 push ups
standing...
front squat 2 x 6 - 8 seated knee extension 2 x 10 - 15 leg
curl — either seated or supine 1 x 10 - 15 prone
dumbbell row on high bench 2 x 8 - 12 parallel bar dip 1 x 8 - 12 barbell row 1 x 8 - 12 French press with EZ bar on decline bench 1 x 8 - 12
standing biceps
curl with straight bar and narrow grip 1 x 8 - 12 crunch 1 x 15 - 20 incline reverse crunch with hip lift 1 x 19 - 15 back extension 1 x failure (start with just one rep and slowly work up to fifty) 4 - way neck work with towel 15 sec.
bent - legged deadlift with Olympic bar 2 x 8 - 10 followed immediately by light
dumbbell pullover 2 x 15 rest 5 minutes after both sets one - legged calf raise 1 x 15 - 20 D.A.R.D. raise 1 x 8 - 10 leg press on angled leg press machine 1 x 10 - 12
dumbbell bench press 1 x 8 - 10 incline
dumbbell flye 1 x 8 - 10 pullover 1 x 8 - 10 barbell row with underhand grip 1 x 8 - 10
dumbbell overhead press with 1
dumbbell 1 x 8 - 10 shrug 1 x 6 - 8 seated overhead triceps
dumbbell extension 1 x 8 - 10
standing biceps
curl with straight bar and arm blaster 1 x 8 - 10 hammer
curl 1 x 8 - 10 crunch 1 x 15 - 20
Oliveira et al. (2009) compared the muscle activity during three types of biceps
dumbbell curl, including the
standing curl, seated incline
curl and the preacher
curl.