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Dumbbell Alternate Preacher Curl
Dumbbell Alternate Preacher Curl: step-by-step technique, the muscles it works and a demo clip. Equipment: dumbbell.
- Equipmentdumbbell
- Body partupper arms
- Primary muscles
- biceps, forearms
- Secondary muscles
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How to do it
- Sit on a preacher bench with a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing up.
- Rest your upper arms on the pad of the preacher bench, allowing your arms to fully extend.
- Keeping your upper arms stationary, exhale and curl the dumbbell in your right hand as you contract your biceps.
- Continue to curl the dumbbell until your biceps are fully contracted and the dumbbell is at shoulder level.
- Pause for a moment, then inhale and slowly lower the dumbbell back to the starting position.
- Repeat the movement with your left arm.
- Continue alternating arms for the desired number of repetitions.