How Much Can You Plate Curl?

[Patrik_F]

Today I managed a 15 kg plate curl for the first time. I am so happy, I had to start a new poll

[Jonathan McMillan]

I was pretty crappy at this exercise when I first tried it, couldn't even do a 25lb plate and had to use two 10lb plates. I'm currently working towards a 35lb plate curl, hope to hit a 45lb plate curl late in the new year.

Jon@han

[Tou]

I don't do plate curl very often. Maybe once every two months. I did a 35 for 3 reps about three weeks ago. Will shoot for a 45 as soon as I'm certified on the #3.

[Arne]

My best is 10 strict reps with an old Eleiko ironplate 15 kg on a seated preachercurl bench. My wrist was not dorsalflexed. My final goal is a strict plate curl with an Eleiko 20 kg plate on preacher bench.

[Tou]

Guess everybody knows who voted "more".

[Sybersnott]

I really don't do plate curls either. Last time I did, it was a 25 pound plate, but I suspect I can do more than that.

[Patrik_F]

Who voted "more"?!?

David Horne?

I have never done any plate curls or training for my wrist prior to about a month ago when I got my leverage bar. My wrist were/are relatively weak so I decided to do something about it.

I have done curl with a 10 kg plate for reps, then I did wrist curls with the same plate. Then I tried negatives with a 15 kg plate. After that I could do a plate curl with the 15 kg plate. My wrists seem to require more recovery than hands. They get overtrained so fast if I try to train every day or every other day. The best seems to be every 3 days.

[David Horne]

Not me. Must be someone with a strong arm, wrist and hand.

David

[Patrik_F]

Hmm, definately not you then

[gazza]

I,ve just done a massive plate curl,with a chrimbo dinner on it

All the way to my mouth Yum Yum cannot wait for my afters

[xazaralix]

a month ago, a 25 10 pounds extra. i've had to lay off bacause of tendonitis in my wrist

[OldGuy]

Never tried more than a 25 pound Olympic plate.

[Bill Piche]

Merle Meeter must be a member!?

That's who must have chosen "more".

[mobsterone]

I only know 4 members of the board who have done 44 pounds or 20 kilo plus. M. Daly, D. Horne, Nick McKinless and myself. There might be more - cough up and let us know.

[Arne]

Steve, you mean that you all are using a 20 kg iron plate? Not a 15 kg plate plus extra weight?

[Tou]

Gorilla Hands did it too (but he seems to be off the board).

[Arne]

In my opinion is Gorilla Hands wrist too much dorsalflexed.

[OldGuy]

Just tried 35 lb with an Olympic plate for the first time, and was able to plate curl it with good form. I do not intend to do these on a regular basis, but was merely curious.

[mobsterone]

Steve, you mean that you all are using a 20 kg iron plate? Not a 15 kg plate plus extra weight?

Not using Arne - USED. In training I used a 15 kiklo plus weight until I could do more than 20 kilos. However, in the 2001 Iron Grip comp we all (not Nick - he has a pic in the grip gallery he sent in) used a 20 kilo disc at least for the competition.

[paul valpreda]

When do you guys usually perform your plate curls? Do you like to do them on bicep day, or do you prefer to do them on a separate day altogether? Also, which version of plate curling do you feel is more effective and result producing, the standing plate curl or the plate wrist curl?

[mobsterone]

I trained for the plate curl (not the plate wrist curl) over 2 years ago for the 2001 iron Grip comp and did them once a week as part of my competition training. David normally has 6 lifts in each event and the most I train at once is 4. As the majority of grip lifts do not stress the body like squats (ie: aren't compound movements/multi joint) I'd treat them the same and do them on my Thursday workout (training Tu, Th and Sa).

So thats seperate and specific.

[Patrik_F]

I do plate curls after my upperbody workout when I am warmed up. But I have also done them on my off days, doesnt really matter for me. Atm I do them only twice a week. I have had good results with both plate curling and wrist plate curling. Once you can do many reps with say a 10 kg plate in the plate curl, try wrist curling it. Since wrist curling is harder its a good in between thing between different plates.