Barbell Curls = KING Biceps!

You have a great point there Alex regarding forearm/elbow pain fear from straight bar bicep curls. The issue I find is poor form and forearm development. I am a big advocate of forearm training now like Larry Scott and Arnold preached. I used to have wrist pain and elbow pain when I reached 115 lb on the barbell curl. I added forearm work, and not just a couple of sets with crappy form, but a proper forearm routine and I don't get any pains anymore. At this point sky's the limit with barbell curls 😊

bro that double biceps... your arms have actually leveled up once again

There’s something primordial about progressing a hardcore, old school lift for a long time

I love the fact, that we still see Phil in some of the B-roll.

Thank you Alex for the shout out. Your Old School Preacher Curl and Scott Forearm Bench will be on their way to you soon.

1:05 does he have a clone of himself spotting him???

Man I’ve been watching you for years. It’s almost a meme for someone to comment your physical is looking better than ever but for real less than a minute in and your physic is actually better than ever 😮 great work man. You are one of the most dedicated and disciplined fitness professionals I’ve ever seen

Biceps and calves haven't changed since the golden age.

Congrats on 400k brotha, that’s an incredible achievement for a natty bb focused channel. If anyone deserves it it’s you bro! Haven’t watched the full vid yet but I agree that the strength standards are too low. I’m not a huge fan of strength standards going to the other extreme, but I mean once you reach the intermediate stage… you just have to go heavier, because you can handle it. The fact that it’s rare to see people bb curling 135 for reps is pretty sad. Of course it’s an impressive lift, not trying to downplay it at all, but I see that as what a 315 squat used to be. Once it becomes more common to see, all of a sudden people will achieve it faster, bit of a psychological game. I still enjoy getting more out of less weight with sets of 80-100 on preachers, but if my biceps can handle 120+, that’s what I’ll be doing for a good portion of my training. Pushing numbers is a good thing on strict and stable lifts, but people get it completely backwards imo

“OOOOH, BUT ANECDOTE!!” that’s such a great line 😭😭

Squats, deadlifts, bench, ohp, barbell/dumbell rows, pull ups/chin ups, french press, barbell curls = beast

Bro, all of your videos keep on motivating me to keep with my fitness journey.

If Alex has horrible biceps genetics I am scared to think how my biceps genetics should be called...

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This was honestly an amazing videos!! Will love to see similar topics in the future

beautiful video man! and congrats on 400k!

You have really good bodybuilding knowledge. Not just knowledge but wisdom also which I don’t see much anywhere else

Thanks! You post a lot of really helpful info and agree the straight bar curls are a great mass builder. Going to start adding these back into my routine as one of my bicep builders. Cheers!

Great video! Well done on 400k too man

Alex is the best really goes in depth with science self experience and common damn sense