Alternate Incline Dumbbell Curl

BicepsDumbbellBeginnerIsolation
Alternate Incline Dumbbell Curl — start position
Start
Alternate Incline Dumbbell Curl — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryBiceps
SecondaryForearms

How to do it

  1. 01

    Sit down on an incline bench with a dumbbell in each hand being held at arms length. Tip: Keep the elbows close to the torso.This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    While holding the upper arm stationary, curl the right weight forward while contracting the biceps as you breathe out. As you do so, rotate the hand so that the palm is facing up. Continue the movement until your biceps is fully contracted and the dumbbells are at shoulder level. Hold the contracted position for a second as you squeeze the biceps. Tip: Only the forearms should move.

  3. 03

    Slowly begin to bring the dumbbell back to starting position as your breathe in.

  4. 04

    Repeat the movement with the left hand. This equals one repetition.

  5. 05

    Continue alternating in this manner for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Alternate Incline Dumbbell Curl appears when you own dumbbells and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have dumbbells

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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