Men’s Open veteran Lee Priest hasn’t stopped giving back to the fitness and bodybuilding community. On February 27, 2025, he laid out the biggest mistakes made when curling for bicep gains.
Lee Priest made a name for himself in the Men’s Open bodybuilding landscape with some of the best arms in the IFBB Pro League. He also found success in the sport at an incredibly young age. Even former four-time Mr. Olympia Jay Cutler stressed that no one could blow your mind like Lee Priest at 19 years old.
Priest recently renewed his IFBB Pro card. As a result, fans have speculated that he might be on the verge of a comeback. Although he’s yet to lay out any imminent contest plans, it remains uncertain if fans can expect him back on stage sooner or later. With time to help others, Priest broke down how to approach biceps training.
Lee Priest Reveals Top Mistakes Made During Bicep Curling
Priest believes swinging or using too much weight are the most common biceps curl mistakes made by lifters.
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“Using too much weight and swinging. See you don’t want to swing, you just want to do it properly.
Use the arms, get a good squeeze, don’t pull it out too far or you gotta use your front delts. You just want to bring it up, squeeze, again, up and down.”
He said for those going heavy, there are instances where leaning may be advantageous to muscle growth.
“If you’re going heavy, you might get to hear [chest level] you might need to lean a little bit, you can.
You’re just leaning back to squeeze it but don’t use body momentum to throw the weight up because then you’re taking the tension off the muscle, and it’s not going to help. If you’re going to cheat, cheat a little bit to add stress to the muscle, don’t take it away,” he shared.
He prefers a straight bar with a narrower grip when curling.
“Sometimes with a straight bar, sometimes closed feels a bit scrunched in but if I was doing preacher curl I’d probably go closer but standing I’d probably go here or if the bar was straight probably there just past shoulder width, which is out here because I got big shoulders.”
Having helped shape other IFBB Pros and led a commanding career throughout the 1990s and 2000s, Priest continues to impart the wisdom and techniques he’s learned following years of competing at the highest level.
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