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How to Do a Hammer Curl | Arm Workout

4,445,692 views October 27, 2012 2:05

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You’ll learn to perform hammer curls with dumbbells, targeting the width of your biceps and forearms rather than just the peak. This controlled exercise avoids wrist rotation and emphasizes squeezing at the top of each rep. It’s ideal for anyone looking to diversify their arm workouts at home or in the gym.

Questions & answers

Can I do hammer curls with one arm at a time?

Yes, the creator prefers doing them one arm at a time for better focus.

What’s the key difference between hammer curls and regular curls?

Hammer curls target the width of the biceps and forearms, while regular curls emphasize the peak of the bicep.

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Okay, so today we're going to go over how to do dumbbell hammer curls. Now there's different variations to this. You can do um together or one at a time. I personally like one at a time, cause you can really focus on it. Now as opposed to a regular curl, you're not gonna rotate your wrist up to the sky. Now notice in your regular curl, when you rotate you're really peaking out your bicep. So you're working a lot of the interior of the bicep. With a hammer curl, you're focusing more on the width of your bicep in your forearm. Okay. So that's the primary focus of the hammer curl. Now to do these, you'll start just like your regular dumbbell curls. Hands at your side, nice base. Shoulder width apart with your feet. Loose knees, not locked out. Elbows, not locked out. Nice soft elbow. Now as you come up, you can come in different directions. You can come straight up or you can come across your body. I love to come across the body just because you feel a little more on that bicep. But, to do this, it's very controlled movement. Squeeze. Come back down. Come up, very controlled movement. Squeeze. It's really important to get that squeeze and flex everything you got in there. Come back down controlled. Don't be throwing the weights around cuz it won't do anything for ya. Breathing, is very important during this exercise. As you come up, you're going to breath out. Squeeze, release, breath in. Come up, breath out, squeeze, breath in. Bad habits always happen with this exercise. you see guys throwin them up, elbows not locked in place. Keep your elbow right locked by your side. Come up, squeeze, come back down. You'll really feel it in your forearm and in the middle of your bicep if you're doing it right. Come up and down. Come up and down. That's your dumbbell hammer curl.

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Howcast published this 2:05 video tutorial on October 27, 2012. It has been watched 4,445,692 times on YouTube.

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