Lifting for Wrestling and MMA

[belph]

1) Of course biceps are an important muscle. Let's see you chin, row or go through a day without using them.

2) In strongman, and in real life, you often have to lift with bent arms, unlike when you're lifting a barbell. So you need strong biceps, in addition to any number of other muscles. Even with pulls off the ground with a barbell, you can reduce the risk of a bicep injury, by *gasp* training the biceps.

3) So do your upper back work, like you already should be doing for any number of other reasons. Do your chins and rows. And then do more chins for good measure.

4) Curls can be an entirely reasonable choice for an assistance exercise, although they aren't an essential exercise.

5) For a beginner, the stimulus and fatigue of the main lifts is plenty, so there typically isn't a need or benefit for any assistance work, including curls.

6) Don't be an anti-isolation exercise ideologue. It's not the type of exercise that's the problem, it's their misuse. Avoiding isolation exercises entirely doesn't make you more "hardcore" or mean you're training smarter than someone who uses them judiciously.

I loves you. Thank you for explaining it so much better than I ever could.

 

[MURDR]

6) Don't be an anti-isolation exercise ideologue. It's not the type of exercise that's the problem, it's their misuse. Avoiding isolation exercises entirely doesn't make you more "hardcore" or mean you're training smarter than someone who uses them judiciously.

Who said I don't do isolation exercises? I just think that you'd be much better off on focusing on IMPORTANT lifts, such as squats and deadlifts, than wasting your time with curls. I never said anything about chins...I love doing chins. I never curl though, most of my bicep work is from the stress of deadlifting heavy ass weight, and as a result, I have bigger biceps than about 90% of bicep warriors. Not trying to be an e-thug, just saying that people who's workouts are based solely on biceps and core are idiots.

 

[Tosa]

Who said anything was about you?


You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you. Don't you?


Also, you shouldn't misquote Midnighter. What did he ever do to you?

 

[MURDR]

Who said anything was about you?


You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you. Don't you?


Also, you shouldn't misquote Midnighter. What did he ever do to you?

He was responding to my post, and I didn't misquote him...? What are you talking about?

 

[LitteringAnd]

Who said anything was about you?


You're so vain, you probably think this post is about you. Don't you?


Also, you shouldn't misquote Midnighter. What did he ever do to you?

Its about me isn't it?

 

[Midnighter]

He was responding to my post, and I didn't misquote him...? What are you talking about?

Well, that quote isn't from any of my posts, but from Tosa's so...

 

[Tosa]

Its about me isn't it?

Sure thing, Dave.

 

[belph]

A recent photo of Tosa.

 

[MURDR]

Well, that quote isn't from any of my posts, but from Tosa's so...

Hmm, that's weird...why did it change the name? I think I may have accidentally multi-quoted and took out the wrong name when deleting another quote?

 

[Tosa]

I have more facial hair, and I don't wear glasses.

 

[Midnighter]

And you wear a different color lipstick.

 

[belph]

I have more facial hair, and I don't wear glasses.

Shut it, Carly.

 

[Tosa]

And for something entirely different: Who has "Zu Bisou" stuck in their head since the Mad Men premier?

 

[Eric Brown]

Not I, never watched the show.

 

[TheeFaulted]

Someone needs to have MidMo come in here and detail the importance of drag curls.

 

[NurseKnuckles]

and for something entirely different: Who has "zu bisou" stuck in their head since the mad men premier?

fuck!!!