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Wrist curls can be performed with a dumbbell or with both hands holding a barbell. To perform a seated wrist curl, the lifter should be seated on a bench with knees bent and the forearm(s) resting on the thigh, or with forearms on a bench and hands hanging off the edge. The palm should be facing up and the hand should be free to move completely ...
The bench press or dumbbell bench-press is performed while lying face up on a bench, by pushing a weight away from the chest. This is a compound exercise that also involves the triceps and the front deltoids, also recruits the upper and lower back muscles, and traps.
Hold a dumbbell in each hand, palms facing away from body, weights over chest with arms straight. With control, bend elbows about 45 degrees away from torso, lowering the weights toward floor ...
Looking to work the arms, legs, glutes, and core? This effective, 30-minute full-body workout from Denise and Katie Austin needs only dumbbells and a yoga mat.
One arm barbell bent-over row: [1] Done in a nearly identical fashion as the one arm dumbbell, but with the added instability of a long bar. This necessitated greater work by the radial and ulnar flexors of the wrist to stabilize while pulling. It also gives greater feedback about the pronation and supination as the movement of the bar is very ...
Press the dumbbell over the chest. Once you have the dumbbell raised, shift your body so that one half of your body is off the bench—including one glute, half your torso, and half your head.
Lie on a flat bench with feet on the ground and head hanging just off the top of the bench, so that the edge of the bench rests in the pit between neck and head. Take the barbell with an overhand grip (palms away from body) and hold it out above the head so that the arms are supporting the weight.
Stand with knees slightly bent and a dumbbell in each hand. Hinge forward at waist, keeping elbows by sides and bent at 90 degrees. Maintain an open chest by engaging the shoulder blades.