How to do: Cross Body Hammer Curl

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Cross Body Hammer Curl — starting position — Start position

Cross Body Hammer Curl — finishing position — Finish position

Step-by-step instructions

1Stand up straight with a dumbbell in each hand. Your hands should be down at your side with your palms facing in.
2While keeping your palms facing in and without twisting your arm, curl the dumbbell of the right arm up towards your left shoulder as you exhale. Touch the top of the dumbbell to your shoulder and hold the contraction for a second.
3Slowly lower the dumbbell along the same path as you inhale and then repeat the same movement for the left arm.
4Continue alternating in this fashion until the recommended amount of repetitions is performed for each arm.

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Photos & base instructions from the open-source Free Exercise DB (public domain).