classic biceps builder with both hands fixed to one bar
your shoulders stay at your sides, so this is the free-weight neutral-shoulder
curl: the position the incline, preacher and bayesian versions all move away
from
tension drains as the bar comes up, so the top of the rep is nearly free,
which is exactly what a cable curl fixes
Execution
Grab the barbell underhand with your hands shoulder-width apart. Stand upright
with your feet hip-width apart, elbows close to your torso. Brace your trunk.
curl the bar up, keeping your upper arms where they are
lower it under control to full arm extension
keep your elbows tucked at your sides through the rep
pause briefly at the bottom before the next rep
When the weight gets heavy, use body English to cheat it up and own the
negative. Keep going until you can no longer perform the lengthened half of a
rep. An elbow supporter tilts your upper arms forward and loads the bottom
hardest, which is the preacher curl's job done with a barbell.
Purpose
classic biceps builder with both hands fixed to one bar
your shoulders stay at your sides, so this is the free-weight neutral-shoulder
curl: the position the incline, preacher and bayesian versions all move away
from
tension drains as the bar comes up, so the top of the rep is nearly free,
which is exactly what a cable curl fixes
Execution
Grab the barbell underhand with your hands shoulder-width apart. Stand upright
with your feet hip-width apart, elbows close to your torso. Brace your trunk.
curl the bar up, keeping your upper arms where they are
lower it under control to full arm extension
keep your elbows tucked at your sides through the rep
pause briefly at the bottom before the next rep
When the weight gets heavy, use body English to cheat it up and own the
negative. Keep going until you can no longer perform the lengthened half of a
rep. An elbow supporter tilts your upper arms forward and loads the bottom
hardest, which is the preacher curl's job done with a barbell.