Seated Dumbbell Curls – Arm Exercise
Main Muscle Worked:Arms
Other Muscles Worked:Forearms
Equipment: Incline Bench, Dumbbells
Mechanics Type: Isolation
Exercise Advice: Sit at the end of a flat bench with your feet flat on the floor and your back upright and straight. Grab a dumbbell in each hand and let them hang at your sides with both palms facing inward toward the bench. Simultaneously curl the dumbbells up while twisting (i.e., supinating) your wrists outward on the way up. Be sure to squeeze your biceps at the top for a one-count and then slowly return to the start position and repeat.
Categories: Biceps Exercises, Bodybuilding Exercises, Strongman Exercise Database Tags: arms, bicep, seated
Barbell Curl – Arm Exercise
Main Muscle Worked:Biceps
Other Muscles Worked:Forearms
Equipment: Barbell
Mechanics Type:Isolation
You can perform regular barbell curls by grasping a barbell with an underhand grip, and with your hands separated by a shoulder-width distance. In the initial position, shown in Figure 1, you should be standing up straight with a shoulder-width stance and with your shoulders squared.
Allow the barbell to hang at arm’s length in front of you, with your hands, arms, and shoulders aligned. While focusing on your biceps and keeping your upper-arms still, lift the bar upwards to your chest, as shown in Figure 2.
Once you’ve lifted the bar as high as you can, squeeze your biceps and then begin slowly lowering the bar down until your arms are nearly straight, again.
Categories: Biceps Exercises, Bodybuilding Exercises, Strongman Exercise Database Tags: bicep, curl
