Incline Dumbbell Curl

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

How to do it

  1. 01

    Sit back on an incline bench with a dumbbell in each hand held at arms length. Keep your elbows close to your torso and rotate the palms of your hands until they are facing forward. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    While holding the upper arm stationary, curl the weights forward while contracting the biceps as you breathe out. Only the forearms should move. Continue the movement until your biceps are fully contracted and the dumbbells are at shoulder level. Hold the contracted position for a second.

  3. 03

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

  4. 04

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

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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