Dumbbell Wide Biceps Curl
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A standing dumbbell curl performed with the shoulders externally rotated to bias the short inner head of the biceps.
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Also called: Dumbbell Wide Curl, Wide-Grip Dumbbell Biceps Curl, Wide Dumbbell Curl, Dumbbell wide bicep curls
How to do it
Setup
- Stand tall with feet hip-width apart, holding a dumbbell in each hand at your sides.
- Externally rotate your shoulders so your forearms flare outward at an angle away from your torso, with palms facing forward.
Movement
- Keeping your upper arms pinned to your sides and elbows stationary, curl the dumbbells upward along the wide trajectory toward your shoulders.
- Squeeze your biceps firmly at the top of the movement.
- Lower the dumbbells with control back to full elbow extension while maintaining the outward arm angle.
Breathing
Exhale as you curl the weights upward; inhale as you lower them under control.
Cues
- Keep elbows tucked to your ribs.
- Curl out and up.
- Control the eccentric phase without swinging.
Common faults
- Swinging the torso to generate momentum.
- Brace your core and glutes, and select a load that allows strict elbow flexion without body english.
- Letting the elbows drift forward or inward during the curl.
- Keep the elbows anchored at your sides and maintain external rotation throughout the entire rep.
Safety
- Avoid hyperextending the lower back under heavy loads.
Muscles
Joints
- Elbow: Flexion
- Shoulder: External rotation, Isometric stabilization
- Forearm: Isometric stabilization
Details
- Movement
- Elbow flexion isolation
- Modality
- Hypertrophy, Strength
- Mechanics
- isolation
- Force
- pull
- Laterality
- bilateral
- Kinetic chain
- open
- Level
- beginner
- Equipment
- Dumbbell
- Record
- Repetitions and Load
- Load
- external, per implement
Related
- substitute for Dumbbell Incline W Curl
Sources
- wger: Dumbbell wide bicep curls, by Lynn_McIntyre (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
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