Resistance Band Biceps Curl

Start

Finish

similar: Dumbbell Bicep Curl

How to do it

Stand on the band with feet hip-width, hold a handle in each hand palms up, and curl to shoulder height keeping the elbows locked against your ribs, then resist the band all the way down.

Muscles worked

Primary: biceps · Also works: forearms

Equipment

Resistance bands

Common mistakes

• Letting the band snap the arms back down instead of controlling the return, which is where most of the growth stimulus lives
• Leaning back as the tension peaks at the top
• Standing on too much band so there is no tension in the bottom half of the rep

Variations

• Single-arm band curl
• Band curl with a two-second hold at peak contraction

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Dumbbell Biceps Curl
• Cable Biceps Curl
• Backpack Biceps Curl

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