Instructions:
- 1Stand up straight with a dumbbell in each hand at arm's length
- 2Keep your elbows close to your torso and rotate the palms of your hands until they are facing forward
- 3Now, keeping the upper arms stationary, curl the weights while contracting your biceps
- 4Continue toraise the weights until your biceps are fully contracted and the dumbbells are at shoulder level
- 5Lower the dumbbells back down to the starting position
Tips:
- Keep your elbows close to your body during the exercise
- Do not use your back or shoulders to lift the weights; your biceps should do all the work
- Perform the movement in a slow and controlled manner to ensure you're using muscle power, not momentum
- Exhale as you curl the weights up and inhale as you lower them back down