Originally Posted by Flexor
In my quote you kindly provided, I said 4 sets for bis if they have been trained hard. I would say that was pretty different to 8, wouldn't you? You can perform certain back exercises in a way that all they do is fatigue the biceps slightly without causing damage, for example wide grip bent over rows will not be hitting the biceps particularly hard. There is a difference between a back workout biased towards biceps and a back workout totally in favour of the back. I've never recommended barbell curls from a scientific standpoint, technically they are a poor exercise. Still you've got to recommend them to closed minded people that will never be willing to drop them. If people find something is working for them, then it is working for them.