Curls are for girls?

[Dcharlotte]

I was doing some curls in the gym and a buddy of mine came over and laughed and said that curls are for girls. He said that that is what Arnold said years ago
I'm wondering what that means and if that's true then how do we build up our biceps. Any tricks that I need to know about

 

[SteveSmi]

if you want to build your arms i agree that you won't build them via curls. however curls do serve a purpose, i like curls for dropsets with high reps

but let's say you are a guy with tiny arms, well standing front of the mirror doing curls for 30 minutes isn't gonna do jack shit for you. you need to build a foundation with biceps, the best way is rows and pullups

 

[sambee38]

you need to do curls to build arms combine with big barbell lifts too

 

[CEO]

bros curls will build up your biceps good

 

[JasonPriest]

i like to do curls only after my compound lifts are finished

 

[ROIDDERS]

thats dumb but deadlifts will make your arms grow

 

[BodyMonster34]

bro climb 150 ft pole with only arms allowed and see how big arms get

 

[QuadSweep]

deadlifts are for men thats a fact I agree here not curls

 

[Ulter]

i do curls daily and got big arms

 

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[e2]

deadlifts and push ups for arms

 

[Vadim Fedorov]

Curls are very effective for biceps

 

[Mobster]

I was doing some curls in the gym and a buddy of mine came over and laughed and said that curls are for girls. He said that that is what Arnold said years ago
I'm wondering what that means and if that's true then how do we build up our biceps. Any tricks that I need to know about

Your buddy is yanking your chain. There's a million pics of Arnold curling

 

[ballin2504]

Don’t listen to people like him just keep at it.

 

[Tiger Salman Khan]

Not at all....anyone can do them.....

 

[RoySimpson]

Ignore him and just keep working!

 

[Masonic Bodybuilder]

No one exercise is a secret to success so you want a variety. Curls are a good part of an arm routine.