Hardcastle 85cm Tricep Weight Bar - Tricep Extension and Hammer Curl Bar

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When seated, the starting position places the arms behind your hips and helps to reduce shoulder involvement. It is extremely popular because the cable setup keeps constant tension in the biceps, brachialis, and brachioradialis muscles. Hearst UK is the trading name of the National Magazine Company Ltd, 30 Panton Street, Leicester Square, London, SW1Y 4AJ.

Due to the straightforward nature of this exercise, beginners should be able to pick it right up and start increasing the size and strength of their arms in no time. For Buckton’s post-exhaustion supersets you’ll need to perform a compound exercise and then follow these up with a variation of hammer curls, which will serve to isolate and target the bicep brachii. The hammer curl is a compound exercise that targets the biceps brachii and is a variation of the traditional bicep curl.Start by sitting on a bench with the back setup in the upright position and two dumbbells at your sides. The hammer curl works both the biceps brachii and the brachialis muscles, with emphasis on the former.

Both can be used to attain your fitness goals and each one performs better with different exercises (for example, curl bars are great for skull crushers while dumbbells help isolate the biceps more in movements like hammer curls). Olympic Weightlifters: Although there isn’t much direct biceps involvement during Olympic lifts, the overall strength of the biceps, brachialis, and brachioradialis play an integral role in the safety of the elbow and shoulder joint — helping athletes stave off injuries that could keep them out of training or competition. I’ve just spent the last section of this article comparing which is better – Barbell Curls or Hammer Curls.

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Proper form for this workout entails using an arc motion with palms facing inward toward each other. By choosing a weight that's too heavy, naturally, you want to start using your torso and your shoulders, so you start swinging your elbows around. Some curl bars are straight while others come in a squiggle shape reminiscent of a slightly heightened sound wave.

If you try the hammer curl and find that it is too difficult to maintain proper form, consider doing alternating hammer curls. The bar itself weighs 33-pounds, the sleeves are 7”, and the sleeves are designed to load Olympic plates and collars (sold separately, obviously). Luckily for you, hammer curls aren't difficult to master, which is why you should accept nothing less than perfect form.