The Static Curl

Author: Tommy Leung | 08/15/2008 | Muscle Building, Strength Training

My favorite variation on the dumbbell curl is the Static Curl. I generally recommend this curl when you are trying to breakthrough a plateau or you so happen to be bored with the regular bicep curls. The static curl works exceptionally well because it forces your bicep work at the toughest part of the curl–when your arm is parallel to the floor or 90 degrees with your body.

The static curl keeps one of your arms in that position while the other arm does normal reps. Once you finish those reps, you switch so that your other arm will stay in that static position while the other does its reps. Just to make myself clear, both arms will be holding dumbbells.

Your static arm will be contracted, tense, and working hard the entire time your other arm is working. If you have never done this variation on the curl before, try it. It will probably kick your ass. Especially if you are one of those people who swing their bodies while doing curls–you might want to try a lower weight in that case.

By Tommy Leung