Suspension Trainer Biceps Curl
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A closed-chain bodyweight arm exercise that isolates the elbow flexors using a suspension trainer.
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Also called: TRX Biceps Curl, TRX Bicep Curl, Suspension Biceps Curl, Suspension Curl, Biceps with TRX
How to do it
Setup
- Face the suspension trainer anchor point and grasp the handles with a supinated (palms facing up) grip.
- Walk your feet toward the anchor point to lean back, extending your arms until the straps are taut.
- Engage your core and glutes to establish a rigid plank line from head to heels, with your upper arms raised to roughly shoulder height.
Movement
- Keep your elbows pinned high and pointing directly at the anchor point.
- Curl your body upward by flexing your elbows, bringing your hands toward your temples or forehead.
- Squeeze your biceps hard at peak flexion without dropping your elbows.
- Lower yourself under control by extending your elbows until your arms are straight, maintaining a stable plank.
Breathing
Exhale as you curl your body upward; inhale as you slowly extend your arms back down.
Cues
- Keep elbows high and still
- Hands to temples
- Stay in a rigid plank
- Pull with your biceps, not your back
Common faults
- Dropping the elbows to turn the movement into a row.
- Keep upper arms horizontal and parallel to the floor throughout the entire rep.
- Sagging at the hips or thrusting the pelvis forward.
- Maintain glute and abdominal tension to hold a straight plank alignment.
- Letting the straps lose tension at the top of the curl.
- Stop just before the straps slacken to maintain continuous tension on the biceps.
Safety
- Ensure the suspension trainer anchor point is rated for full body weight before leaning back.
Muscles
Joints
- Elbow: Flexion, Extension
- Shoulder: Isometric stabilization
- Lumbar spine: Isometric stabilization
- Hip: Isometric stabilization
Details
- Movement
- Elbow flexion isolation
- Modality
- Calisthenics, Hypertrophy, Strength
- Mechanics
- isolation
- Force
- pull
- Laterality
- bilateral
- Kinetic chain
- closed
- Level
- intermediate
- Equipment
- Suspension trainer
- Record
- Repetitions
- Load
- bodyweight
Related
- regression of Suspension Single-Arm Biceps Curl
- substitute for Inverted Biceps Curl
- substitute for Cable Biceps Curl
- substitute for Dumbbell Biceps Curl
Sources
- wger: Biceps with TRX, by clafal (CC-BY-SA-4.0)
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