Arms · Dumbbell · Isolation · Intermediate
Zottman Curl


PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Biceps
- Also working
- Forearms
How to do it
- Stand up with your torso upright and a dumbbell in each hand being held at arms length. The elbows should be close to the torso.
- Make sure the palms of the hands are facing each other. This will be your starting position.
- While holding the upper arm stationary, curl the weights while contracting the biceps as you breathe out. Only the forearms should move. Your wrist should rotate so that you have a supinated (palms up) grip. Continue the movement until your biceps are fully contracted and the dumbbells are at shoulder level.
- Hold the contracted position for a second as you squeeze the biceps.
- Now during the contracted position, rotate your wrist until you now have a pronated (palms facing down) grip with the thumb at a higher position than the pinky.
- Slowly begin to bring the dumbbells back down using the pronated grip.
- As the dumbbells close your thighs, start rotating the wrist so that you go back to a neutral (palms facing your body) grip.
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
- Standing Inner-Biceps Curl · Dumbbell
- Standing One-Arm Cable Curl · Cable
- Standing One-Arm Dumbbell Curl Over Incline Bench · Dumbbell
- Two-Arm Dumbbell Preacher Curl · Dumbbell
- Wide-Grip Standing Barbell Curl · Barbell
- Zottman Preacher Curl · Dumbbell
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