How Many Reps Should I Do For A Dumbell Curl Set

How many reps should I do for a dumbell curl set?

I recently started to get back into shape and I'm on week 6 of going to the gym 5-6 times a week. I alternate between cardio days and upper body days. I start with free weights for every upper body day and I always use dumbell curls to begin.

I'm currently doing three sets of 20 by alternating between each arm and doing 10 reps per arm per set. I start with 25lbs for the first two sets, but I end up being too tired to do a complete set of 20, so I drop down to 22.5 lbs.

Should I be doing less reps with heavier weights to get better results?

How many sets of dumbbell curls should I do?

biceps are a fast twitch muscle that helps with pulling things toward the torso. as such they should be exercised in a way that facilitates those movements and the corresponding bodyparts and muscles..
i do push day and pull day whereas pull day is biceps, posterior deltoids, lats, traps, and rhomboids.

so if you're working your lats, and upper back the same day, you're going to hit the biceps in more ways than they are currently being hit and also facilitate necessary growth in the back and shoulders.
i would recommend 3-4 sets for biceps alone and then 3-4 sets for each other exercise like shrugs, dumbbell rows, lat pulldowns and dont exercise those bodyparts for another 3 days no matter what.. overtraining MAKES YOU SHRINK..

How many sets/reps should i do with dumbbell curls to increase my strength?

curls will make you better at doing one thing and one thing only: curls. they won't make you better at lifting things off the ground, pushing stuff over your head, or doing anything else that might be useful. to get useful strength, you will need to do stuff that works a lot of body parts at once - squats, deadlifts, bench presses, overhead presses, and power cleans. also add dips and chinups. your body functions as a system; you should train it like a system.

chinups are probably a more useful exercise than bicep curls for where you're at. new lifters shouldn't even bother with bicep curls, as they can't handle a large enough load to generate useful adaptation in their biceps.

however, since you are going to do bicep curls no matter what i say, biceps seem to respond well to stress in the 8-rep range. once you've got some strength, pick a weight that is challenging to do for 8 reps, and do three sets, once a week.

How many sets and reps should i do with a dumbell exercises?

i have 10 pounds dumbell
i am 130 lbs 5'6 16 years old
i have my belly fat and man boobs

im not only here to lose weight with this exercises, i do my own cardio exercises
but i only want to have some muscles and to help my self lose more weight..


i do 40-60 sit ups and 30-60 push ups everynight

i do dumbell exercise only..

can you suggest some dumbbell exercises for me as a teenager?
and how many sets and reps ?

i only have 3 lbs - 4lbs - 10lbs dumbbells

thank you so much

How many dumbbell curls...?

How old are you? How long have you been working out? If you are just starting working out, here is my recommendation. You want to do whatever amount of weight you can with strict form for 12-15 reps. By strict form I mean that you stand with your feet slightly more than hip width apart. Your body should form a straight line from from feet all the way to your head. When performing the exercise you should be looking straight, your ears should stay in line with your shoulders. When lifting the dumbbell make sure that only your biceps are doing the lifting. Your fingers should be relatively loose, just tight enough to hold the weight. When you raise it, there should be not motion in your body except for the arm being raised. Your back should not bend, your body should not rock, your face should be relaxed and you neck should not flex. If any of these things are present, the weight is too heavy.
Next, follow 2-2-2 progression. This means that you take 2 seconds to slowly raise the dumbbell from the resting position to the top of the curl. Hold for 2 seconds at the top of the curl (you should still feel tension in your muscle at the top, if you feel the tension release, you have gone too far), then 2 seconds to lower the dumbbell. This works the muscles throughout the entire exercise. When you can do this 15 times, it's time to increase the weight. Do this for about 3-4 weeks.

Once you have the form down and have done the above for 3-4 weeks, it's time to increase the weight significantly. Since you are going for mass gains, now switch to doing 2-4 sets of 4-6 reps. However much weight you can do 4-6 times. When you get to where you can do 7 or more reps, increase the weight to stay between 4-6. You will be seeing gains and gaining strength. Good luck.

How many dumbbell curls should i do?

Do your work out every other day. But also remember that it is important that your body doesn't get used to one exercise too quickly. Switch up your routine. Otherwise your body will learn and you won't build muscles anymore. But for strength work outs especially if you push your muscles hard you need to give them the nutrients and a break so that they can repair the damage. When you work out it creates small tears in your muscles and when your body repairs the damage your muscles become stronger. So it is essential you take a break in between otherwise you could end up straining a muscle and you won't be able to do a work out for a few weeks possibly more.

Hoe many reps and sets of dumbbell should beginner do?

Isolation excersies are maybe ok to develop symmetry, but if u want to put pure muscle on just ur bicep, ur body won't have it! The body tends to develop proportionatly. U have to also lift heavy. So try dumbell shoulder press on a upright bench. The best muscle ripper is pullups. U should do nuetral grip pullups for brabarick strenght and muscle gain. If u only have 15's, then u have to do endurance excersies. This means that u should do the curls until FAILURE, not 120 sets!!!! Keep the weights parallel to ur body, and use alternating arms for reps so ur not swinging and cheating on them like every1 esle does. Go until they hurt and KEEP going until u can't lift anymore. This is great for the pump and u'll be dead after the first set. U can do 3, but I would say go for 5 sets till failure. Trust me, u won't be able to use ur arms the next day. U really don't need more then 5 sets on the same excersie. Once u get used to it, try changing it up, like doing push-ups right b4. After a while...I mean a while. it takes time if ur only doing one excersie not ur whole body, u'll get bigger bi-ceps and that vien that goes over it. unlike the abs or ur back, u doing need a low bodyfat percentage to have big bi-ceps, but if u want them to be defined...it have to be fairly low.