Cross Body Hammer Curl
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Exercise Details
Equipment
dumbbell
Difficulty
Beginner
Type
isolation
Muscle Focus
Primary Muscles
biceps
Secondary Muscles
forearms
Instructions
- 1.Stand facing forward with two dumbbells in each arm and palms facing into your body. This is your starting position.
- 2.Keeping your palms facing into your body, curl the dumbbell up with your weaker arm towards the opposite shoulder.
- 3.Touch the shoulder with the dumbbell and squeeze the bicep at the top before slowly lowering it in the same path.
- 4.Repeat the action on the other side.
- 5.Repeat for as many repetitions as required.
Tips
- Slightly bend your arms at the bottom of the movement to keep tension in your biceps throughout. Prevent your arms from losing tension when you return to the starting position. You shouldn't let your arms 'hang' at the bottom.
- Perform the reps slowly and in a controlled manner.
- Variations: You may perform one arm after the other or do all the reps on one arm then all the reps on the other arm.
Breathing Instructions
Breathe in during the eccentric (lowering) portion of the exercise and breathe out during the cocentric (elevation) portion.
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