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Cable curls keep constant tension on the biceps, maximizing muscle activation and improving definition. Attach a straight bar or rope to a cable machine and set it to the lowest position.
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Pull the weights up toward your shoulders and chest, like you would for a bicep curl, stopping when they are parallel to the floor. Lower them down to the starting position. Repeat 10 times.
Another injury caused by bicep curls is ulnar neuropathy, which lead to ulnar nerve conduction slowing at the elbow. This is caused by compression of the nerves against a weight bench during the exercise. [23] Though unlikely, bicep curl can cause a rupture of the pectoralis major muscle, which is a severe injury that occurs in the chest. [24]
Leg curl machine. The leg curl is performed while lying face down on a bench, by raising a weight with the feet towards the buttocks. This is an isolation exercise for the hamstrings. [5] Equipment Dumbbell, cable machine or leg curl machine. Major variants Seated (using a leg curl machine variant); standing (one leg at a time).
Perform the bicep curl, but with one arm at a time instead of curling both weights up together. Curl the right arm up first, then lower it down. Then curl the left arm up and lower it down ...
That is, an individual moves a certain load for some number of repetitions, rests, and repeats this for some number of sets, and the volume is the product of these numbers. For non-weightlifting exercises, the load may be replaced with intensity , the amount of work required to achieve the activity.
The leg extension machine was created by American fitness guru Jack LaLanne in the 1950s. [19] The first prototype is recognized to have been made under Gustav Zander, but labeled the machine as a form of “mechanotherapy” along with other machines that extended the knee and ankle. [19] The machine was made to target the quadriceps.