Instructions
- Sit on a preacher bench with your upper arms resting on the pad and your feet flat on the floor.
- Hold a dumbbell in each hand with an underhand grip (palms facing up).
- Engage your core and keep your back straight.
- Curl the dumbbells up towards your shoulders, squeezing your biceps at the top of the movement.
- Slowly lower the dumbbells back down to the starting position, fully extending your arms.
Categorisation
| Category: | Curl |
| Typical discipline: | Bodybuilding |
| Type: | Secondary Isolation |
| Primary body segment: | Upper |
| Movement: | Pull |
Equipment
| Load: | Dumbbell |
| Bench: | Preacher Curl Bench |
Muscles
| Primary: | Biceps Brachii, Brachialis, Brachioradialis |
| Secondary: | Deltoid Anterior, Trapezius Upper, Pronator Teres, Flexor Carpi Radialis, Flexor Carpi Ulnaris, Palmaris Longus |
Bodyweight percentage lifted
| Male: | 1.4% |
| Female: | 1.3% |