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Strength exercise

Dumbbell Incline Curl

How to do it

  1. Sit back on an incline bench set to roughly 45 degrees and let both arms hang straight down at your sides, holding a dumbbell in each hand.
  2. Allow your shoulders to stay pinned against the pad so your arms hang slightly behind your torso for a deep stretch at the bottom.
  3. Press your back into the bench and brace your core to stop your shoulders rounding forward as you lift.
  4. Curl both dumbbells up toward your shoulders while keeping your elbows fixed at your sides, squeezing the biceps at the top.
  5. Exhale as you curl up and inhale as you lower the dumbbells back to the stretched position under control.
  6. Resist the urge to let your elbows drift forward or your shoulders lift off the pad, which shortens the stretch this angle relies on.

Muscles worked

BicepsMuscles located in the upper arm, primarily responsible for flexing the elbow. All Biceps exercises

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Type
Strength
Equipment
Dumbbells
Primary muscles
Biceps
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