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I find that curls mess my wrists up for some reason, so I just avoid. They're kind of just a vanity exercise anyway - performed pretty much exclusively by top-knot, tapered jogger and backwards hat wearers at my gym.
If you're trying to develop general strength, with a view to moving on to more specific stuff I can recommend the Starting Strength program Mike Rippetoe. You can buy the book - but the guts of it are here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=998224
It's basically two workouts which you alternate and pretty much all exercises are 3x5 reps, but you work up to that weight by warming up on lower weights - all the exercises are well described in terms of form and there are plenty of videos on youtube of MR teaching the form for all of them too.
I've been doing it since January (twice a week, not three as recommended), with some extra core work and some back extensions and some single leg presses recently - the results have been noticeable.
My bench press is still feeble, but that's just years of neglecting upper body strength. Amazed at the progress I've made with squats and deadlifts in particular - but had to wait for upper body to catch up a bit so I had enough muscle on my shoulders to be comfortable squatting 90kg+.
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Left wrist still knackered so I've replaced the lift that knackered it with a bicep curl followed by lifting the dumbbell above my head - so arm ends up vertical, if that makes sense?
I was alternating 10 of these with standard bicep curls with 15kg dumbbells.
So 20 curls, 10 curl+press (?), 20 curls, 10 curl+press - tough!
Anyway, toward the end of this, all at once, my entire (visible) upper body infused with blood, all veins doubled in size/popped out. I thought it was "the" scene in Scanners...