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Description

This exercise is designed to strengthen the biceps. The exercise can only be performed with a door frame or similar and does not require any equipment. The one-armed version allows you to concentrate on just one side. You can do this exercise to compensate for muscular imbalances.
Exercise

Bodyweight Curls

On the door frame, one-armed
Type: Unilateral Rest: 120s Equipment: Körpergewicht

Tutorial

  1. 1
    Stand in a door frame and hold on to the door frame with your left hand.
  2. 2
    Lean with your body on your right side so that your left arm is stretched. Elbow points downwards. This is your starting position.
  3. 3
    Now pull your body towards the door frame by bending your left arm slowly and forcefully. Exhale as you do so.
  4. 4
    Now stretch your left arm out again slowly and in a controlled manner until you are back in the starting position. Breathe in as you do so.
  5. 5
    One repetition has now been completed. Repeat this process for the specified number of repetitions with the left side first and continue with the right side after a 60-second break.
Tip
Maintain body tension throughout the exercise. Make sure that you tense your biceps hard and perform the exercise slowly and intensively.

Muscle groups

Primary
  • Biceps
Secondary
  • Brachialis
Tertiary

Equipment

  • Body weight

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