Use the EZ curl bar the wrong way - larry scott - UK-Muscle Body Building Community

samurai69 · 20-07-2005, 03:29 PM

I'm so excited about this, I can't stand it. Last week I was working biceps on the preacher bench, and I was going heavy— real heavy—with 100-pound dumbbells. I'd already done a set with 50s to warm up; then I did a set with 80s to see how my strength was holding up. I rolled the 10Os over to the preacher bench. I cleaned one, got it into position on the bench and had someone hand me the other one.

I wasn't intending to use strict form. I was mainly interested in working in the fear zone. I just wanted to get a few reps with the 10Os. The first rep went all right, but halfway through the second one—pow!— my left shoulder blew out.

I dropped the dumbbell and quickly ran over to the dumbbell rack to find a pain-free shoulder movement that would start the healing. I wasn't terrified by the injury because I've learned a special method of healing injuries, but I knew my preacher curls were going to be on the shelf for a few weeks

A week later I decided to give the spider bench a try to see if I felt anything in my shoulder. It was almost healed, but I could still feel it. So I looked around for something I could do that might be safe. I didn't want to go too heavy because my shoulder was still tender.

Somebody had left an EZ-curl bar lying across a flat bench with 25-pound plates on it. I said, "Well, what the heck, EZ curls for biceps are lousy, but maybe I'll just pump out a few reps to see how it feels." Sure enough, there was almost no biceps recruitment—mostly brachio-radialis—but then again no shoulder pain

Then I thought, Wait a minute. The problem with this darn EZ-curl bar is that the curve in the bar turns the thumb higher than the little finger. That's why it's no good for biceps

Everyone should know that the little finger should be higher than the thumb if you're trying to build biceps, and the thumb should be higher than the little finger if you want to build brachioradialis

All of a sudden I got this stroke of inspiration. What would happen if I used the other angled curve on the EZ-curl bar—the angle that forces my little fingers higher than my thumbs? I reached down, forced my left hand to grab the bar on the next curve out from the one I'd just used. The grip automatically forced my elbow in—when I stood up, my elbows were resting on my hip bones. I couldn't even stand up straight. It felt really uncomfortable and not very promising. cranked out a few reps anyway

Boy, was I surprised! It was an incredible feeling. I'd struck pure gold. Here I was, doing a standing barbell curl, which most of the time works more lower back and front delts than biceps. Furthermore, I was using an EZ-curl bar, which is a pure joke for biceps—but this do exercise wasn't a 11 joke. It was terrific. All I s the stress was placed exactly on my lower biceps, and it felt Is good. Hardly any lower back—it was all biceps!

Funny, I wouldn't have found this unique exercise if I hadn't gotten injured and been forced to look for something fresh. I threw some 10s next to the 25s on each end and did a few more reps. My shoulder wasn't complaining one bit. I threw on a couple more 10s and ground out a few more reps. My lower biceps were standing up and cheering. They knew they'd just made a new friend.

I ran over to my old training partner Derek Peterson. "Come over here, Derek. I want you to try something." I took off the 10s and left the 25s on the bar. I said, "Do a few curls with the bar." I didn't say anything else. I let him pick up the bar the way he normally would—the way it feels comfortable but works lousy. He did a few reps. Then I said, "All right, set the bar down and grab it like this," and I showed him the new grip. "Wow, that feels funny," he said. "I know, I know. Close your eyes and do a few reps. Do you feel anything different

"Yeah, I sure do. That works a lot better! That's good." "See, Derek, I take care of you. You get all this stuff free. You don't even have to wait for the magazine to come out to get all this good stuff."If you're looking for a great exercise for building bicepsand you don't have a good preacher bench, try this funny way of using the EZ-curl bar. I can't believe I missed it for all those years. I guarantee you're going to feel it a lot more
than plain old barbell curls.

—Larry Scott

SA12 · 20-07-2005, 03:47 PM

I will give this a try this evening and see how it goes

Lauren · 20-07-2005, 03:52 PM

Deffo will try this next time Im training biceps - thanks for that Samurai, good read!:p

samurai69 · 20-07-2005, 06:23 PM

I tried it and it definately works once you get the technique right

dirtride · 20-07-2005, 08:55 PM

thx samurai... I myself will give it a try too

Shawn

Ironball · 21-07-2005, 03:21 PM

Damn. That Larry Scott is a genius

samurai69 · 21-07-2005, 04:40 PM

Got neg repped for this post!!! why??????

Lauren · 21-07-2005, 04:49 PM

How rude - was not moi!

RAIKEY · 21-07-2005, 04:51 PM

Hey samuri, is this the passage i read in "loaded guns" the old larry Scott book ?..if it is, did you find any other gems in there cos i,ve just managed to get a copy from a guy at work and not had much chance to try much of it yet. oh and the neg rep was,nt from me either!!

samurai69 · 21-07-2005, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by RAIKEY

Hey samuri, is this the passage i read in "loaded guns" the old larry Scott book ?..if it is, did you find any other gems in there cos i,ve just managed to get a copy from a guy at work and not had much chance to try much of it yet. oh and the neg rep was,nt from me either!!

It was from a magazine article i read ages ago, then found again whilst i was packing, I would definately read any Larry Scott material though and his web site is good as well

ONE SMART COOKIE · 21-07-2005, 05:20 PM

TUT TUT TUT guys...lol.....

That was a rouge article by Larry he used to use a different method to hit his arms in exactly the same way(inner bicep).........

samurai69 · 21-07-2005, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by ONE SMART COOKIE

Larry used to use a different method to hit his arms in exactly the same way(inner bicep).........

Can you explain further

Carnivore · 21-07-2005, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by samurai69

Can you explain further

he always does this, alludes to something amazing then disapears, making us wait for his bread crumbs of knowledge, he then decides when & how much to throw at us little ppl

SA12 · 22-07-2005, 09:42 AM

I tried them and they seemed to do the trick once I got the grip right.

OSC has got us all in suspense again now though.

ONE SMART COOKIE · 22-07-2005, 11:44 AM

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Can you explain further

I can & will

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he always does this, alludes to something amazing then disapears, making us wait for his bread crumbs of knowledge, he then decides when & how much to throw at us little ppl

Cheeky sod..some of us have lives outside of the internet and have to get up at 3.30am each day for work...hence I dont post late at night...and anyway if I told you everything I knew you wouldnt use most of it because you couldnt take it all in...little person/mere minion:p

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OSC has got us all in suspense again now though.

How dull would life be without a little suspense.......

20-07-2005, 03:29 PM	#1 (permalink)
samurai69 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mid Portugal - by the sea Posts: 3,076	Use the EZ curl bar the wrong way - larry scott I'm so excited about this, I can't stand it. Last week I was working biceps on the preacher bench, and I was going heavy— real heavy—with 100-pound dumbbells. I'd already done a set with 50s to warm up; then I did a set with 80s to see how my strength was holding up. I rolled the 10Os over to the preacher bench. I cleaned one, got it into position on the bench and had someone hand me the other one. I wasn't intending to use strict form. I was mainly interested in working in the fear zone. I just wanted to get a few reps with the 10Os. The first rep went all right, but halfway through the second one—pow!— my left shoulder blew out. I dropped the dumbbell and quickly ran over to the dumbbell rack to find a pain-free shoulder movement that would start the healing. I wasn't terrified by the injury because I've learned a special method of healing injuries, but I knew my preacher curls were going to be on the shelf for a few weeks A week later I decided to give the spider bench a try to see if I felt anything in my shoulder. It was almost healed, but I could still feel it. So I looked around for something I could do that might be safe. I didn't want to go too heavy because my shoulder was still tender. Somebody had left an EZ-curl bar lying across a flat bench with 25-pound plates on it. I said, "Well, what the heck, EZ curls for biceps are lousy, but maybe I'll just pump out a few reps to see how it feels." Sure enough, there was almost no biceps recruitment—mostly brachio-radialis—but then again no shoulder pain Then I thought, Wait a minute. The problem with this darn EZ-curl bar is that the curve in the bar turns the thumb higher than the little finger. That's why it's no good for biceps Everyone should know that the little finger should be higher than the thumb if you're trying to build biceps, and the thumb should be higher than the little finger if you want to build brachioradialis All of a sudden I got this stroke of inspiration. What would happen if I used the other angled curve on the EZ-curl bar—the angle that forces my little fingers higher than my thumbs? I reached down, forced my left hand to grab the bar on the next curve out from the one I'd just used. The grip automatically forced my elbow in—when I stood up, my elbows were resting on my hip bones. I couldn't even stand up straight. It felt really uncomfortable and not very promising. cranked out a few reps anyway Boy, was I surprised! It was an incredible feeling. I'd struck pure gold. Here I was, doing a standing barbell curl, which most of the time works more lower back and front delts than biceps. Furthermore, I was using an EZ-curl bar, which is a pure joke for biceps—but this do exercise wasn't a 11 joke. It was terrific. All I s the stress was placed exactly on my lower biceps, and it felt Is good. Hardly any lower back—it was all biceps! Funny, I wouldn't have found this unique exercise if I hadn't gotten injured and been forced to look for something fresh. I threw some 10s next to the 25s on each end and did a few more reps. My shoulder wasn't complaining one bit. I threw on a couple more 10s and ground out a few more reps. My lower biceps were standing up and cheering. They knew they'd just made a new friend. I ran over to my old training partner Derek Peterson. "Come over here, Derek. I want you to try something." I took off the 10s and left the 25s on the bar. I said, "Do a few curls with the bar." I didn't say anything else. I let him pick up the bar the way he normally would—the way it feels comfortable but works lousy. He did a few reps. Then I said, "All right, set the bar down and grab it like this," and I showed him the new grip. "Wow, that feels funny," he said. "I know, I know. Close your eyes and do a few reps. Do you feel anything different "Yeah, I sure do. That works a lot better! That's good." "See, Derek, I take care of you. You get all this stuff free. You don't even have to wait for the magazine to come out to get all this good stuff."If you're looking for a great exercise for building bicepsand you don't have a good preacher bench, try this funny way of using the EZ-curl bar. I can't believe I missed it for all those years. I guarantee you're going to feel it a lot more than plain old barbell curls. —Larry Scott

20-07-2005, 03:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
SA12 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,364	I will give this a try this evening and see how it goes __________________ SA12 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

20-07-2005, 03:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Lauren The Lady Of The Manor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bedfordshire, UK Posts: 2,291	Deffo will try this next time Im training biceps - thanks for that Samurai, good read!:p __________________ "Are you a Raver?" "No, Im straight!" :love:

21-07-2005, 04:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
Lauren The Lady Of The Manor Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bedfordshire, UK Posts: 2,291	How rude - was not moi! __________________ "Are you a Raver?" "No, Im straight!" :love:

21-07-2005, 04:51 PM	#9 (permalink)
RAIKEY Please do not feed the Raikey, it may bite.!! Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Deepest, Darkest , Yorkcestershire,...Ayup See thee!! Posts: 3,378	Hey samuri, is this the passage i read in "loaded guns" the old larry Scott book ?..if it is, did you find any other gems in there cos i,ve just managed to get a copy from a guy at work and not had much chance to try much of it yet. oh and the neg rep was,nt from me either!! __________________ I used to have a large gay following.......but i hid behind some cars and lost him!! Last edited by RAIKEY; 21-07-2005 at 04:53 PM.

20-07-2005, 06:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
samurai69 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mid Portugal - by the sea Posts: 3,076	I tried it and it definately works once you get the technique right

20-07-2005, 08:55 PM	#5 (permalink)
dirtride Gym Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Eastern, USA Posts: 231	thx samurai... I myself will give it a try too Shawn

21-07-2005, 03:21 PM	#6 (permalink)
Ironball Looking Freaky Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 805	Damn. That Larry Scott is a genius

21-07-2005, 04:40 PM	#7 (permalink)
samurai69 Banned Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Mid Portugal - by the sea Posts: 3,076	Got neg repped for this post!!! why??????

21-07-2005, 05:20 PM	#11 (permalink)
ONE SMART COOKIE Decided to leave due to idiots & and their over inflated egos Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 2,018	TUT TUT TUT guys...lol..... That was a rouge article by Larry he used to use a different method to hit his arms in exactly the same way(inner bicep).........

22-07-2005, 09:42 AM	#14 (permalink)
SA12 Getting HUGE! Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: UK Posts: 1,364	I tried them and they seemed to do the trick once I got the grip right. OSC has got us all in suspense again now though. __________________ SA12 To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.