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Cross Body Hammer Curl
Cross Body Hammer Curl is a beginner strength exercise using dumbbell. It works the biceps, with help from the forearms.
beginnerdumbbellpull movementisolationstrength
- Main muscles
- biceps
- Also works
- forearms
How to do it
- Stand up straight with a dumbbell in each hand. Your hands should be down at your side with your palms facing in.
- While keeping your palms facing in and without twisting your arm, curl the dumbbell of the right arm up towards your left shoulder as you exhale. Touch the top of the dumbbell to your shoulder and hold the contraction for a second.
- Slowly lower the dumbbell along the same path as you inhale and then repeat the same movement for the left arm.
- Continue alternating in this fashion until the recommended amount of repetitions is performed for each arm.
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Similar exercises
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- Alternate Incline Dumbbell Curl · dumbbell, beginner
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- Dumbbell Alternate Bicep Curl · dumbbell, beginner
- Dumbbell Bicep Curl · dumbbell, beginner
- Flexor Incline Dumbbell Curls · dumbbell, beginner
- Hammer Curls · dumbbell, beginner
- Incline Dumbbell Curl · dumbbell, beginner
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).