• stability
• strength
• power
• isolation
• Stand with your feet together, i.e. as wide as your pelvis or you will hit the sides of your legs with the dumbbell.
• With your palms facing forward and your upper arm hanging vertically1, lift the weight up until you have closed your elbow joint as far as it will go.
• Then, lower the dumbbell back to the start position.
! tricks of the trade
What can you possibly do to a bicep curl to make it more interesting? With
my clients, if their attention starts to wander I make them change their foot
position every couple of reps, so they shift their weight from one foot to the
other and stand in a slightly split stance (one foot forward). This has no
adverse effect on the curl and is also beneficial for coordination.