Arms · Dumbbell · Isolation · Beginner
Standing Concentration Curl
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Biceps
- Also working
- Forearms
How to do it
- Taking a dumbbell in your working hand, lean forward. Allow your working arm to hang perpendicular to the ground with the elbow pointing out. This will be your starting position.
- Flex the elbow to curl the weight, keeping the upper arm stationary. At the top of the repetition, flex the biceps and pause.
- Lower the dumbbell back to the starting position.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the biceps as its main muscle and is also a pull, on a different piece of equipment.
Other bicep exercises
- Spider Curl · EZ Bar
- Standing Biceps Cable Curl · Cable
- Standing Biceps Stretch · Other
- Standing Dumbbell Reverse Curl · Dumbbell
- Standing Inner-Biceps Curl · Dumbbell
- Standing One-Arm Cable Curl · Cable
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