Poundstone's BB curl training/competition

Apparently Derek Poundstone does BB curls with just the Oly bar, and can do 110 reps. If it's good enough for him then it's good enough for you lot, so let's see/hear how many reps you can get curling just an olympic bar (no plates etc)!

As his warmup set?

 Body Weight - 75kg
Bench - 135kg
Squat - 180kg
Deadlift - 180kg

Total - 495kg

Yeah I mentioned this in my Strongman Training article.

The reason behind it is to build bicep endurance for truck pull and to help prevent tears when the biceps are pumped.

I've done 2 sets of 50reps and its not fun!

Marshall White did close to 140 in under 2mins, and I'm sure Poundstone is close to 150reps rather than 110.

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I would never do that myself!! I personally feel it is a complete waste of time!! 

Just because poundstone does it doesn't mean it is a good thing to do! I would bet every penny I have you wouldn't catch Big Z doing something like that or even Mariusz for that matter

Terry Hollands 
6 x World's strongest man Finalist
2 x times podium finisher
2010 Strongman Champions league overall winner
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Seriously mate, you don't want to try it! Absolute agony for days after it, I'm sticking to Ezbar or hammer curls!

Hope the holiday was good mate!

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How come, don't straight bar curls agree with you?

It said 110 reps in M&F I'm fairly sure.

My mate did 24 reps in my gym, though he'd been training his back first so he wasn't very fresh. I couldn't resist having a quick go, though I wasn't doing a work out and had done some hammer curls the day before, and stopped at 30 reps, since it was more than my mate did and a round number.

I found it quite funny, feeling the tension and lactic acid building up slowly and knowing it's going to start hurting if you keep going long enough. I'm sure I could beat 30 reps quite easily, but I can't say I feel inclined to have another go, but at least I gave it one go and set a low bench mark for others to try and beat.

So there's no excuses now, let's hear some more!

Terry_Hollands


I would never do that myself!! I personally feel it is a complete waste of time!! 

Just because poundstone does it doesn't mean it is a good thing to do! I would bet every penny I have you wouldn't catch Big Z doing something like that or even Mariusz for that matter

You could always have one go at it, try and beat Poundstones record!

War Lord

Terry_Hollands


I would never do that myself!! I personally feel it is a complete waste of time!! 

Just because poundstone does it doesn't mean it is a good thing to do! I would bet every penny I have you wouldn't catch Big Z doing something like that or even Mariusz for that matter

You could always have one go at it, try and beat Poundstones record!

If it was something I thought was worthwhile I would be more than happy to try and beat his record! For me it is a pretty pointless exercise! Just my opinion of course

Terry Hollands 
6 x World's strongest man Finalist
2 x times podium finisher
2010 Strongman Champions league overall winner
Team MuscleTalk

Fst-110. Going to give this a bash tomorrow purely for fun and to feel the deep,deep,deep burn, anchorman style.

That's the spirit!

just did 55 and the pump and lactic acid build up is horrid

just did 55 and the pump and lactic acid build up is horrid

i do a simlar thing at our gym as i little bit of a compertion, it kills and i wish i never had a go as i think i pulled somethin in my 4arm, another good exercise is 50 50 on flat b press, two 15kg plates pluss the bar is about 50kg and sett how close you can get to 50 reps, i managed 36 reps and im about ready for the nackers yard.
cheers mat

Terry_Hollands

War Lord

Terry_Hollands


I would never do that myself!! I personally feel it is a complete waste of time!! 

Just because poundstone does it doesn't mean it is a good thing to do! I would bet every penny I have you wouldn't catch Big Z doing something like that or even Mariusz for that matter

You could always have one go at it, try and beat Poundstones record!

If it was something I thought was worthwhile I would be more than happy to try and beat his record! For me it is a pretty pointless exercise! Just my opinion of course

BSB said what the reasoning behind it was, but I guess if Poundstone does that all the time you'd need to get used to training that way before you could beat him so I'll let you off, this time!

Hypershrek


just did 55 and the pump and lactic acid build up is horrid

Cool, looks like you've taken the lead! Can anyone beat you I wonder?

57 (and a half). Started getting tough about 40. Suppose it is something to try once a month or so for me. Didn't really enjoy it I  must say. Felt a bit pointless.

War Lord

Terry_Hollands

War Lord

Terry_Hollands


I would never do that myself!! I personally feel it is a complete waste of time!! 

Just because poundstone does it doesn't mean it is a good thing to do! I would bet every penny I have you wouldn't catch Big Z doing something like that or even Mariusz for that matter

You could always have one go at it, try and beat Poundstones record!

If it was something I thought was worthwhile I would be more than happy to try and beat his record! For me it is a pretty pointless exercise! Just my opinion of course

BSB said what the reasoning behind it was, but I guess if Poundstone does that all the time you'd need to get used to training that way before you could beat him so I'll let you off, this time!

Well I don't remember ever seeing it as an event and he said it helps him for truck pull which I beat him at twice at WSM this year! Fact is Derek is a good strongman but I think that is a complete waste of time! 

Yes Derek did beat me at WSM this year but I can assure you it's not cause he does bicep curls with an empty bar!!

Terry Hollands 
6 x World's strongest man Finalist
2 x times podium finisher
2010 Strongman Champions league overall winner
Team MuscleTalk

I don't think even heavy BB curls would be considered an important exercise by most strongmen!

Wayne Cowdrey


I don't think even heavy BB curls would be considered an important exercise by most strongmen!

Hammer Curls are king IMO, help with stones, tyre flip and other loading like kegs for instance.
 
I do heavy hammer curls and then every so often Ez-Bar curls for higher reps.

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I don't feel the need to do any direct bicep training (can't think of anything more boring!), and I've never felt that my biceps have been the weak link in any strongman event I've ever done.

(I'm just a mediocre u105 strongman though!)

I'm with Terry on this one, and if your biceps are going to tear it will probably be on stones, tyre or mixed grip deadlifting at which point there will be a lot more than 20kg of force going through your biceps tendon!

bigscottishbastard

Wayne Cowdrey


I don't think even heavy BB curls would be considered an important exercise by most strongmen!

Hammer Curls are king IMO, help with stones, tyre flip and other loading like kegs for instance.
 
I do heavy hammer curls and then every so often Ez-Bar curls for higher reps.

I agree on the hammer curls!! They are beneficial!! We all know the best way to get good at stones and tyre flip though ;-)

Terry Hollands 
6 x World's strongest man Finalist
2 x times podium finisher
2010 Strongman Champions league overall winner
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Too true mate, nothing to it but to do it!

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