Cross Body Hammer Curl
How to do it
- Stand up straight with a dumbbell in each hand. Your hands should be down at your side with your palms facing in.
- While keeping your palms facing in and without twisting your arm, curl the dumbbell of the right arm up towards your left shoulder as you exhale. Touch the top of the dumbbell to your shoulder and hold the contraction for a second.
- Slowly lower the dumbbell along the same path as you inhale and then repeat the same movement for the left arm.
- Continue alternating in this fashion until the recommended amount of repetitions is performed for each arm.
Quick answers
- What muscles does the Cross Body Hammer Curl work?
- Mainly the biceps, with help from the forearms.
- What equipment do I need?
- Dumbbell.
- Is it good for beginners?
- Yes, it is rated beginner level.
- How do I track progress on it?
- Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.
More biceps exercises
- Alternate Hammer Curl
- Alternate Incline Dumbbell Curl
- Concentration Curls
- Dumbbell Alternate Bicep Curl
- Dumbbell Bicep Curl
- Dumbbell Prone Incline Curl
Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.