How do you perform this exercise?
- Sit on a preacher bench with a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing up.
- Rest your upper arms on the pad of the preacher bench, allowing your arms to fully extend.
- Keeping your upper arms stationary, exhale and curl the dumbbell in your right hand as you contract your biceps.
- Continue to curl the dumbbell until your biceps are fully contracted and the dumbbell is at shoulder level.
- Pause for a moment, then inhale and slowly lower the dumbbell back to the starting position.
- Repeat the movement with your left arm.
- Continue alternating arms for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Forearms.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
