Building Massive Biceps on the Scott Curling Bench - Vince Gironda (1969)

 

From the early Weider/Arnold era, when every second article had Arnold photos included. Hand, wrist, elbow placement from Gironda, bomb and blitz . . . 

Save some wasted time and skip ahead to the paragraph beginning with 

"There's a cool photo in this article . . ." 

At least there's something almost funny there. It's just more Gironda nonsense and hooey here . . . more paid for hyping of an early Arnold what's-his-name that also helped The Vince promote his gym and "techniques" or whatever you'd call his crap. 

So many bodybuilders have concluded that the Scott Curling Bench (the so-called "preacher" bench) was designed solely for exercising the under-belly of the biceps that I should like to clear up this misunderstanding by stressing that its importance goes beyond this. In fact, it is an absolute must for anyone who expects to build the fullest biceps. 

Of course the bench is incomparable for developing the lower biceps. No other piece of auxiliary exercising equipment makes this area so accessible to heavy bomb and blitz attacks on the outer and inner heads of the biceps simply through variations in placement of elbows and spacing of the hands. 

But that's not all! Not only can you develop rounded biceps with this bench, you can also build fantastic curling power  because the ligaments, tendons and muscles directly involved in the curling are totally isolated, and cannot therefore be "assisted" by other muscle groups. Everything else, to use a military term, is "neutralized." Consequently, you can quickly perform curls with the greatest stress placed on your biceps only! 

Developing Thickness in the Lower Biceps

Many bodybuilders favor just one height of the Scott curling bench, and this is wrong. Invariably the adjust the bench so that the top of it comes above the pectorals, when actually it should come exactly even with the lower pectoral area.  

In this position the lower biceps is isolated, with only the lower biceps and brachialis anticus (the shell-like muscle under the biceps) doing the work. Since the brachialis is a lengthy muscle stretching from upper forearm to lower biceps, it is the muscle responsible for bending your arm to the point where the lower biceps takes over. Thus is it responsible for the development of thickness in your lower biceps.

However, if you use only this position of the Scott curling bench, the end result will be a flat-appearing rather than a round-appearing over-all biceps. You might call it a "maxi-low" and a "mini-high" biceps. This, of course, is not what you want because it is not complete. You can that that full completeness through other adjustments of the Scott curling bench. 

There's a cool photo in this article I can't be bothered to scan. It features a bored looking roided Howorth (turns out to be Don Peters in trunks doing that leg up balls out pose) standing behind the drug- and as always proud to be ego-bloated Arnie as he makes use of the miracle-for-biceps, gift from above "preacher" curl bench at Vince's Gym. Howorth's face says, "What's all the fuckin' fuss about THIS fat fuck?" I believe Arnie's a mouth breathing inconsiderate ego-fuck misrepresentation of what bodybuilding can be, but hey, that's just me and my view, hopefully, has no clout whatsoever. 

No matter . . . it's more Gironda "stuff" . . . put your arms in worst possible position to "get at" the inner or outer or length of or peak of your biceps. You know the stupidity of this all I am sure . . . one "technique" learned at the foot of the "master-Vince" is to put the elbows real REAL close and position the hands very VERY wide on the bar, then go to it until a physiotherapist arrives. Garbage. More garbage from a sham and a scam artist full of hype and lies. Wait . . . no steroid use at Vince's? What was this guy . . . blind? No, but it paid the rent. 

Okay . . . nix on this one, it's another dead end lacking any humor or interest for me in any way, other than the way The Arnold got shot into "muscle stardom" as paid for and directed by Ben & Joey. 

Now . . . how 'bout some real lifting stuff already. That Belknap pair of articles was rather pointless, really, aside from my obsession to find all articles written by Anthony Ditillo during his life on Earth.

It would be heaven and one helluva treat to find some of what Tony discarded after being in a bad mood and ranting on the whole lifting establishment, wouldn't it!  

Okay then . . . moving on . . .