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With a dumbbell in each hand, stand with your arms hanging at your sides, palms facing each other. Keep your elbows locked into your sides. Your upper body and elbows should remain in the same place d...With a dumbbell in each hand, stand with your arms hanging at your sides, palms facing each other. Keep your elbows locked into your sides. Your upper body and elbows should remain in the same place during the whole lift. Keeping your palms facing each other, curl the weight in your right hand up in a semi-circle toward your right shoulder. Squeeze the biceps hard at the top of the lift and then slowly lower. Do not turn your wrists during this lift! You can also do one arm at a time and/or alternate. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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Sit on the end of a flat bench. Spread your legs apart into a V and lean forward slightly. Grasp the dumbbell in one hand with your palm facing upward. Rest your elbow on the inside of your thigh and ...Sit on the end of a flat bench. Spread your legs apart into a V and lean forward slightly. Grasp the dumbbell in one hand with your palm facing upward. Rest your elbow on the inside of your thigh and let the dumbbell hang. Rest your other hand on the top of your other thigh for support. Slowly curl the weight up while keeping the torso, upper arm and elbow still. As you lift, twist your wrist so that your little finger turns towards your body. Squeeze the muscle at the top and then slowly lower the weight. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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Hold two dumbbells in front of you at about upper chest level with your palms facing your body and your elbows flexed. Raise dumbbells by extending elbows; abduct and internally rotate shoulders to st...Hold two dumbbells in front of you at about upper chest level with your palms facing your body and your elbows flexed. Raise dumbbells by extending elbows; abduct and internally rotate shoulders to straight arm position. Lower to original position and repeat. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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Lie face down on the floor with your arm stretched out directly overhead (like Superman flying, hence the name). Raise your arms, chest and legs off the floor and hold it there for 2 seconds and squee...Lie face down on the floor with your arm stretched out directly overhead (like Superman flying, hence the name). Raise your arms, chest and legs off the floor and hold it there for 2 seconds and squeeze. Lower back to the ground and repeat. You can also do these one arm and leg at a time as follows: Raise your left arm and right leg into the air at the same time, also raising your chest slightly off the floor. Hold there for a second and squeeze the muscles of your lower back. Lower your limbs back to the ground then raise your right arm and left leg and hold for a second. You can push down with the hand that is on the ground to help raise your other arm and chest higher off the ground. This exercise, even though it only uses your limbs as resistance, provides an excellent way to strengthen the lower back muscles. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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Hold each dumbbell down by your sidess so that your palms are facing in towards your body. Suck your stomach in and hold it tight throughout the whole movement, this will activate your core and protec...Hold each dumbbell down by your sidess so that your palms are facing in towards your body. Suck your stomach in and hold it tight throughout the whole movement, this will activate your core and protect your back. Slowly raise the weights up in front of your body keeping your arms straight. When the weights get to shoulder level you have reached the highest point. Slowly and in a controlled manner lower the weights back to the starting position. You have completed one rep. In this exercise do not swing your body to get the weights up, your upper body should not move at all. Do not pick weights that are too heavy start light and build up. Exercise description by Hugo Saner. (less)
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Stand upright, with your feet about shoulder width apart and your arms to your sides. Hold a dumbbell in each hand, with your palms turned toward your body. Keeping your arms straight, lift the weight...Stand upright, with your feet about shoulder width apart and your arms to your sides. Hold a dumbbell in each hand, with your palms turned toward your body. Keeping your arms straight, lift the weights out and up to the sides until they are slightly higher than shoulder level. Then slowly lower them to your sides. It's important to keep your palms turned downward as you lift the dumbbells so that your shoulders, rather than your biceps, do the work. Make sure you lift the dumbbells on the way up rather than "swinging" them up. Don't lean forward! Keep the dumbbells at your sides. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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Place one hand on a bench or stability and stand in a staggered stance with one foot in front of the other. Keep your hand underneath your shoulder and hold a DB in the other. Let the arm with the DB ...Place one hand on a bench or stability and stand in a staggered stance with one foot in front of the other. Keep your hand underneath your shoulder and hold a DB in the other. Let the arm with the DB hang down but do not let your shoulder stretch out of the socket. Keeping a flat back pull the weight up towards the side of your chest by squeezing your shoulder blade across your back. Slowly lower the weight back down and repeat. Exercise description and photo by Michael Diebler. (less)
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Stand straight up, with your head up and your legs straight. Start with the dumbbells at arm's length with your palms facing in. Curl dumbbells up at the same time, twising your wrists on the way up. ...Stand straight up, with your head up and your legs straight. Start with the dumbbells at arm's length with your palms facing in. Curl dumbbells up at the same time, twising your wrists on the way up. Your palms should be facing up when you are at the end of the movement. Do NOT swing and do NOT move your elbows. They should stay in the same place during the whole movement. Keep your arms close to your side. This one is easy to cheat on... so don't do it! You can also do this with a barbell, or by alternating one hand at a time. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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Preparation: Grab the barbell with slightly wider than shoulder width overhand grip from the rack. Position the bar near your upper chest.
Execution: Press the bar until your arms are extended overhe...Preparation: Grab the barbell with slightly wider than shoulder width overhand grip from the rack. Position the bar near your upper chest.
Execution: Press the bar until your arms are extended overhead. Return to upper chest and repeat. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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Works the inner biceps. Sit at the end of a bench with your feet firmly on the floor. Start with the dumbbells at arm's length with your palms facing in. Curl dumbbells out and up, turning palms out a...Works the inner biceps. Sit at the end of a bench with your feet firmly on the floor. Start with the dumbbells at arm's length with your palms facing in. Curl dumbbells out and up, turning palms out as you lift, keeping your forearms in line with outer deltoids. Lower the dumbbells to starting position using same path. Can also be done standing. Exercise description by Bodybuilding.com (less)
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