I have been stuck curling 30lb dumbells for almost a year.. why can I not curl 40s?

[Anonymous]

I’ve tried progressively moving up but I just cannot curl a 40

[megabamse]

You need to lift til you physically can't lift, your not done lifting until you are unable to lift a single more time, and you force yourself to try. Then and only then have you "broken" down you muscle. And do that every 3 days or so. The body will In response believe you need more power.

[Keishio]

I would worry less about the weight at this point and instead make your 30lb curling harder by using pause reps. Keep your weight, reps and sets the same but slow down and the decline, drag it out for about 3 to 4 seconds but don't lock out your elbows at the bottom, keep tension on your biceps and hold the weight there for a 1 to 2 second pause and then power the weight back up

[pascal_climbs]

Probably it is the way you exercise. Give some details.

[abc3643]

I like to curl gradients because they are always 0.

https://mathinsight.org/curl_gradient_zero

[Iron_Man]

That’s hard to believe I need to see a picture of the biceps for proof I know a friend that struggles just to do 30 pounds

[Asker]

I curl 30s regularly but I just can’t do 40s sadly : (

[Iron_Man]

Let’s see the biceps you don’t need to show your face just put the biceps of your real arms not someone else

[Paul09]

Question, why do you want to curl 40s so bad? Unless you want big arms? Can you even do 1 curl?

[Asker]

Big arms

[Paul09]

Well it's a start if you could do up to 5 reps.

[htmndg183]

Try doing 40s with less reps?