Does anyone know if a false grip or at least a flexed wrist grip is required in order to do a full ROM German hang curl or BL curl?
Types of grip for BL Curls and German Hang Curls
Started by B1214N, December 14, 2013 · 10 Replies · 3,762 Views
I doubt it. Harder, but still doable.
Awarenesss said:I doubt it. Harder, but still doable.
I'm inclined to agree with this
Probably much harder though as it would be quite hard to slide the hands over from a hanging grip (neutral wrists) based on my past experience with slow no-FG MUs vs. slow false grip MUs (the difference in difficulty is very high). I don't think I've ever seen a German hang curl or BL curl done starting from a normal unflexed hanging grip. The following video tutorial said that a false grip is required for the wide grip variation and less of a false grip for the narrow width variation at 3:46 - 4:04.
Your shoulders better be well prepared before getting in these moves.
My shoulders are fine. I can almost do full ROM on the German hang curls. I think I'm gonna train some false grip in the German hang and BL to see how much it will help.
I just was recently able to do the full negative on the German hang curls. I couldn't even try to go back up without a false grip.
False grip will increase your leverage making it easier.
Alex Chubb said:I just was recently able to do the full negative on the German hang curls. I couldn't even try to go back up without a false grip.
Did you use a false grip on the negatives and were you doing the wide grip one or the narrow grip one?
I've also never seen an inverted curl/inverted MU done without a false grip as well, though I suppose someone very very strong at it has done so before.
Around the 16 second mark, overhand grip: http://youtu.be/f8ir_QE3LKQ?t=14s
Awarenesss said:Around the 16 second mark, overhand grip: http://youtu.be/f8ir_QE3LKQ?t=14s
I've seen it done with overhand grip before too. The guy you showed has straps to tie his hands to the bar and he has to swing to rotate his hands to a support grip at the end.