When your biceps muscle in
your upper arm contracts, it pulls your lower arm in towards your shoulder.
Not exact matches
While holding the
upper arms stationary and keeping the elbows close to the torso, curl the weights up towards your head while
contracting the biceps until they are fully
contracted and the bar is at shoulder level.
Slowly lower the bar until your
upper arms are fully extended and the biceps are fully stretched, then curl it up until your biceps are fully
contracted and the bar is at shoulder height.
Keeping the
upper arms stationary, curl the weights up while keeping your knuckles facing one another, until the biceps are fully
contracted and the dumbbells are at shoulder level.
Keeping the
upper arms stationary, flex your elbows and curl the weight up until your biceps are fully
contracted and the bar is at shoulder level.
Keeping the
upper arms stationary and the elbows close to your torso, curl the weights forward while
contracting the biceps as hard as you can until the dumbbells are at shoulder level.
Contract triceps and extend
arms back up, keeping
upper arms perpendicular to the floor and elbows pointed towards the ceiling throughout the entire move.
Rotate the palms of your hands until they are facing forward, then
contract your biceps and curl the weights forward while keeping the
upper arms stationary.
Keep your
upper arms stationary as you curl the weights upward by
contracting your biceps.
The
upper arms biceps muscles, for example,
contract and pull the forearm upward.
Inhale, bring your head and shoulders off the mat, keeping your abs
contracted, exhale and lift your entire
upper body off the mat, with your legs still extended and your
arms outstretched in front of you.
Imagine the
upper pec muscle here flexed and
contracted, which way would that move the
arm?
The back of the
upper arms (triceps) are
contracting but not over straightening (hyperextending) the elbow.
To do this, your triceps muscle, on the underside of your
upper arm,
contracts and straightens your
arm out.