120lb Hammers

[Walt Wallas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Plixe8BsyZA


Heaviest I have done!

[Scott Markowitz]

Heaviest I have done!

I sure hope so.

[Nikhil Rao]

Hey man, I don't want to sound like an ass, but you'd be better off backing off on the weight and using a bit more biceps.

I cheat a little when I go heavy on hammers too since there aren't many events or real life situations where you'll be starting wtih perfectly straight arms, but you want to feel the tension in your biceps at least during part of the rep, if not most of it. And you definitely want to be finishing the movement with your upper arm pointed straight down and your forearm as tight against your biceps as you can get. WHen I hammer curl, I want the top of the DB to hit me in the shoulder.

The cheat should be just enough to get the weight started and your biceps should be taking over pretty early in the motion.

You're clearly a pretty strong dude and I wouldn't be surprised if you're capable of doing 80 or more with just a little cheat at the bottom of the rep. It'll help you build your biceps strength much more efficiently, and I guarantee you that an 80lb hammer curl with full ROM is much more impressive even if its lighter weight.

[CHANTZWILSON]

I know that I am new here but those curls look like a variation of a bent over row. Those don't look very good. I would say back off a little and try to get a little bit of the form corrected. I have no doubt you are pretty strong.

[Daniel Atchison]

No question, less weight........

[James Whisman]

When you hammers or any type of curl your elbow should never go behind your hip, you have great intensity. Before I had a log I used heavy DBs to simulate the log clean, but the elbow still has to stay infront of the body