Machine Preacher Curls

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Machine Preacher Curls — start position
Start
Machine Preacher Curls — finish position
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Muscles worked
PrimaryBiceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Sit down on the Preacher Curl Machine and select the weight.

  2. 02

    Place the back of your upper arms (your triceps) on the preacher pad provided and grab the handles using an underhand grip (palms facing up). Tip: Make sure that when you place the arms on the pad you keep the elbows in. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Now lift the handles as you exhale and you contract the biceps. At the top of the position make sure that you hold the contraction for a second. Tip: Only the forearms should move. The upper arms should remain stationary and on the pad at all times.

  4. 04

    Lower the handles slowly back to the starting position as you inhale.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Machine Preacher Curls appears when you own the machine 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 the machine

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

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