When it comes to curling weight, dumb bells or barbells, you have to be careful with form. Form is key. With good form you avoid getting injured.
One of the first things I check when curling a barbell is my elbows. I try not to swing because with swinging the weight it's not doing much, so with this at mind, concentrate in keeping your elbows next to your waist and avoid the swinging motion, and try to keep them as still as possible. When you swing your arms and your elbows are moving then you're not really working out your biceps, which is what curling is done for.
Below is a link to a video from bodybuilding.com that has helped me with my curls
http://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/detail/view/name/barbell-curl
And for a final thought; lift light until you can lift right. I began curling with a 20lbs barbell and even then I struggled. Now I can rep the 50lbs barbell. Everybody has to start somewhere.
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Staying fit outside of the gym
You don’t have to have a gym membership to begin to be fit.
Being fit is about being active and living a healthy lifestyle. Just move!
There are different ways of exercising. For example: dancing, walking your dog,
rock climbing, boxing, playing sports, basically anything that involves you to
be moving. Begin to just get out there and move. It’s easy and you’ll feel the
change in yourself. You’ll feel the energy in yourself.
Have a plan!
It's always imperative to have a plan before going to the gym.
By “plan” I mean a work out plan. By making a work out a
plan, it’s easier to value time at the gym, you’re more excited to work out,
you get stuff done, and you remember what you went to the gym for. With a plan
you don’t waste any time and you go straight to getting shit done.
Below
is an example of a plan
-stretch
-cardio: run 10 minutes
-leg press 250lbs 4 x 10
-stay at leg press, calves position, 130lbs 4 x 25
- and etc
The plan is simple to do. You can make it at night before
going to bed, and just inserting it in your memo.
The best time to work out on weekdays (for me)
This summer I took a summer class early in the morning. It
was a little bit too early for me, so I’d always drive back home right after
class to eat and take a nap. Then, after my nap, I would wake up and start
getting ready for the gym. I would shake up my pre work out, get my butt in the
car, and drive over to the gym. This was my best routine. I saw that I would
have extra energy, concentration, and long lasting will power to keep going
through my work outs. At the end of my work out, I would drive home happy,
having accomplished my goals at the gym.
On the
other hand, I’ve tried getting a work out an hour after class, and my energy
levels were low, I couldn’t concentrate, I was hungry, fatigued, and didn’t
have the motivation to work out. Since then, I try my best not to work out in
the mornings. Although, I do find it best to go for a run in the morning for 30
minutes or less, but never the best time for me to spend hours at the gym.
Thursday, July 3, 2014
The guilt
One of my goals recently was to lose some belly fat and get a 2 pack, and well to do that, of course, one has to diet and exercise properly. Getting abs isn't the easiest thing to do. Diet is the biggest and hardest thing overall. So, lately I've been attempting to eat in moderation, watch over my calories, and consume the right foods. I said "ATTEMPTING". It's really difficult to follow a clean diet when my friends invite me to the restaurants I love. I'm talking about Whataburger, Ihop, you name it, and well not too long ago my friends and I discovered this new Chinese sushi buffet called Kurai. Kurai is amazing, and they have all the unhealthy fried carbs you can eat. With this happening, I haven't been seeing a drastic change on my abdomen, which really stinks. One thing I tell myself is: I fell off the horse now, but I have to get right back on it afterwards. The next hour or the next day. I have heard many people say "well, I'll just start at the beginning of the next month" or " i'll start the new year" or "I'll start on my birthday". and what I want to say is that that takes too long and the people that say all those things about starting later should start now! If not now, when? Those people can begin to exercise and eat properly and feel better about themselves right now! It is hard, but you gotta be hopeful, and have faith in yourself to strive for the best person you could ever be.
Re-racking weights at the gym
I've seen videos, posts on the internet, and even memes where they talk about the weights that are lost every day when people don't re-rack them when they are done using them.
I recently made a video to define the struggle of those lost weights at the gym. The link is below.
http://youtu.be/H7yfG3XM1Gs
It really does suck to walk over to the weight rack and not find what youre looking for. It's kind of like going through the whole day with the craving of your favorite chocolate bar and when you get to the store they say "sorry, bro. we don't have them in stock". You immediately feel the heart break. Well, I get heart broken when I don't find the weights that I am looking for.
I'm energized and on a roll, going beast mode at the gym, then when I don't find what im looking for it throws my whole work out off, it throws off my day, it throws off my life. Just kidding. Anyway, my message is just to please re-rack your weights, errybahhdyy.
Monday, June 23, 2014
Never skip leg day
First of all, I am going to begin by talking about the picture above. Look, guys! I see a lot of male dudes with similar bodies as the one above, and let me tell ya, it is not attractive!
It is very important for guys to get big arms, but they sometimes forget about working on their legs. Why work on your legs? Because having an ice cream cone body looks strange, it doesn't look natural.
Working out your legs isn't so bad, and it isn't just for girls either. Bodybuilders always work out their legs and fail to have skinny chicken legs. I just hope that one day guys realize that legs are just as important as arms.
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