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How to Do Incline Hammer Curls

Step-by-step instructions, muscles worked and workouts that use the incline hammer curls.

How to do it

1. Seat yourself on an incline bench with a dumbbell in each hand. You should pressed firmly against he back with your feet together. Allow the dumbbells to hang straight down at your side, holding them with a neutral grip. This will be your starting position.
2. Initiate the movement by flexing at the elbow, attempting to keep the upper arm stationary.
3. Continue to the top of the movement and pause, then slowly return to the start position.

Form tips

• Start light and own the movement before adding weight.
• Control the lowering phase — don't drop into it.
• Keep breathing; exhale on the hardest part.
• Stop if you feel sharp pain (different from muscle burn).

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Exercise photos and instructions: free-exercise-db (public domain). Animation made from the real start and end photos.