Trouble increasing bicep weight?

[viccles007]

I have been stuck doing biceps with a 15kg bar for about the past year...I tried dropping to 12.5 for technique and am back up to 15 again but I just can't seem to move the weight up! Any tips/advice would be much appreciated.

[Artemis00]

I have been stuck doing biceps with a 15kg bar for about the past year...I tried dropping to 12.5 for technique and am back up to 15 again but I just can't seem to move the weight up! Any tips/advice would be much appreciated.

Curious. How many sets/reps do you do? Do you do any other exercises for biceps as well?

[Nickicole88]

You're talking barbell curls? I second the question of whether you do any other bicep exercises?

I used to just do concentration curls with a dumbbell and got stuck at 7.5kg, could not go up! So I started doing barbell curls as well as concentration curls. Eventually I was able to up the weight of the concentration curls to 10kg, while simultaneously slowly working up to now barbell curling 25kg. Doing both seemed to give me the push I needed

[pitbull1227]

Small muscles combined with isolation exercises are much harder and take much longer to increase weight. Just keep at it, it won't happen over night

[viccles007]

Yep barbell curls on power day 10 reps x 4 sets and incline dumbbell on hypertrophy day (5kg) 10 x 4 sets. Am also working on chin ups so I do some negative as well.

[oregonchick76]

Do you do chin ups?

[Artemis00]

Yep barbell curls on power day 10 reps x 4 sets and incline dumbbell on hypertrophy day (5kg) 10 x 4 sets. Am also working on chin ups so I do some negative as well.

Can you do any reps at a slightly higher weight? Even if it is only a couple of good reps, I'd try that for at least one or two sets of barbell curls.

[viccles007]

Do you do chin ups?

I can't do any on my own yet. Am working on it though.

Artemis - I could probably manage 17.5 but only a couple of reps. Will give that a go