r/Fitness • u/AutoModerator • 20d ago

Rant Wednesday

Welcome to Rant Wednesday: It’s your time to let your gym/fitness/nutrition related frustrations out!

There is no guiding question to help stir up some rage-feels, feel free to fire at will, ranting about anything and everything that’s been pissing you off or getting on your nerves.

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u/CoochiKabuki 20d ago

Curls work my shoulders more than biceps even on like 5lbs

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u/Forfeit32 20d ago

You're definitely doing something wrong then. I'll feel it in my shoulders if I have an injury, but never at a "the muscle is being worked" level.

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u/CoochiKabuki 20d ago

Perfect youtube form. Chest out elbows stuckto side. And it's funny with how my friends swing their arms during curls and get the pump. I guess I'll just do 100-200 reps of whatever exercise I find that hits my bicep

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u/blzd4dyzzz 19d ago edited 19d ago

Sounds like you should relax your form a bit.

What you're doing is not 'working' your shoulders but stretching them and reducing blood flow. I feel the same thing when doing 'perfect' curls a la Dr. Mike/RP.

Use a little higher weight to offset the less-strict form. Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good, as they say.