Lever Biceps Curl

The Lever Biceps Curl targets your biceps for strength development. This exercise uses a lever machine to provide consistent resistance.

  1. Adjust the seat height to align your arms with the machine's handles.
  2. Grip the handles with an underhand grip, keeping your elbows close to your body.
  3. Curl the handles towards your shoulders while contracting your biceps.
  4. Lower the handles back to the starting position in a controlled manner.

How to perform the Lever Biceps Curl

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Lever Biceps Curl using your leverage machine.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your biceps.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your biceps rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

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