A conventional supinated bicep curl will improve the peak of your bicep because of the increased activation of the short head of the bicep brachii says buckton but a hammer curl is more.
Bicep hammer curl bar.
Repeat your set by alternating arms for the desired number of reps.
Slowly curl the bar up to the top and bring it a few inches from.
Then lower the dumbbell and curl the other one.
A shoulder width grip may be the most comfortable for most people and it s the best for working the long outer head of the biceps.
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Keep your arms against your sides and curl one dumbbell while keeping your wrist neutral and straight.
Hammer curls target the long head of the biceps as well as the brachialis and the brachioradialis one of the forearm muscles.
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Grab a pair of dumbbells and lie with your chest against a bench that s set to a 70 degree incline.
How to do it using a regular preacher bench grab an ez curl bar with both hands using an underhand grip palms facing upwards.
Hammer curls increase the bicep size and length.
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You can opt for free weight barbell biceps exercises such as ez bar curls reverse grip barbell curls or you can opt for machine cable exercises like cable preacher curls cable rope hammer curls and standing cable curls.
Either way keep these curls strict.
This movement also engages stabilizer muscles including the anterior deltoid the upper and middle trapezius the extensor carpi radialis and others.
Decline hammer curl do it.
Let the dumbbells hang at arm s length with your palms facing.
However if you really want to focus your short inner biceps head take a wider grip.