curl with suspension straps
Set up suspension straps to mid-chest height. Grasp handles with an underhand grip, palms facing up. Lean back until your arms are fully extended and your body forms a straight line from head to heels, engaging your core.
- Equipment
- Equipment
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Arms
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- biceps brachii
Secondary muscles
- brachialis
- brachioradialis
- rectus abdominis
- obliques
- erector spinae
Target muscles
- arms
- abs
- back
How to perform
- 1
Set up suspension straps to mid-chest height. Grasp handles with an underhand grip, palms facing up.
- 2
Lean back until your arms are fully extended and your body forms a straight line from head to heels, engaging your core.
- 3
Initiate the curl by flexing your elbows, pulling your chest towards your hands, squeezing your biceps.
- 4
Keep your elbows relatively fixed and tucked close to your sides throughout the movement.
- 5
Maintain tension in the straps and control the eccentric phase as you slowly extend your arms back to the starting position.
Safety & form
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