Is curling a good workout

Answer 1

In terms of actual efficiency in building total muscularity, no.

The reason behind this is that it is solely an isolation exercise, of course not counting forearms. An isolation exercise is an exercise which isolates only one muscle.

Since curls only exercise one body part, you biceps, it might build your biceps but is in no way a good workout on its own. Curling is just too inefficient in terms of building muscle.

The more muscles recruited in to a movement, the more stress will be put on your central nervous system, which promotes muscle growth. More testosterone is also released with bigger movements.

By big movements, I mean compound exercises, exercises which recruit more than, often much more, than one muscle.

Some examples:Squats- the king of exercises, any serious fitness/muscle building/weight loss program should include squats, it incorporates almost every muscle in your body, including your quadriceps, hamstrings, glutes, lower back, traps, abs, and obliques.

Deadlifts- this probably ties squats as the best muscle building exercise. Muscle worked include: Hamstrings, quadriceps, lower back, abs, obliques, forearms, latissimus dorsi (your back v-taper), triceps, and biceps.

Overhead press- Also very useful, includes: shoulders (all heads), triceps, core

Chinups/Pullups- A great upper body exercise, and can replace curling, it works your biceps hard as well and the latissimus dorsi.

Answer 2

Yes! Alot of folks that try it get hooked.