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Zottman Preacher Curl

How to do the Zottman Preacher Curl with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

IsolationDumbbellIntermediatePull
Primary muscles

Biceps

Secondary

Forearms

Equipment

Dumbbell

Step by step

How to do the Zottman Preacher Curl

  1. 1

    Grab a dumbbell in each hand and place your upper arms on top of the preacher bench or the incline bench. The dumbbells should be held at shoulder height and the elbows should be flexed. Hold the dumbbells with the palms of your hands facing down. This will be your starting position.

  2. 2

    As you breathe in, slowly lower the dumbbells keeping the palms down until your upper arm is extended and your biceps are fully stretched.

  3. 3

    Now rotate your wrists once you are at the bottom of the movement so that the palms of the hands are facing up.

  4. 4

    As you exhale, use your biceps to curl the weights up until they are fully contracted and the dumbbells are at shoulder height. Again, remember that to ensure full contraction you need to bring that small finger higher than the thumb.

  5. 5

    Squeeze the biceps hard for a second at the contracted position and rotate your wrists so that the palms are facing down again.

  6. 6

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every Zottman Preacher Curl set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your biceps volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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