Machine Preacher Curl
Trains the Biceps.
- Equipment
- A machine
- Mechanic
- Isolation
- Force
- Pull
- Level
- Beginner
How to do it
- Set the seat so your upper arms rest flat on the pad with the elbows level with the machine's pivot.
- Sit with your chest against the top of the pad and take the handles with your palms facing up.
- Start with the arms almost straight against the pad.
- Curl the handles up until the forearms are roughly vertical.
- Squeeze briefly at the top.
- Lower under control until the arms are almost straight again.
Common mistakes
- Setting the seat so the elbows sit off the machine's pivot. When the elbow and the hinge do not line up, the resistance fights the arm through part of the range and the elbow takes the difference.
- Snapping the arms straight at the bottom. On a preacher pad the bottom is the hardest position and the elbow has nowhere to escape to.
- Lifting the upper arms off the pad to finish. The pad exists to fix the upper arm, and coming off it is the same cheat as elbows drifting forward on a standing curl.
- Letting the handles drop back at the end of the set. The lowering half is where the machine still has tension, and it is the half most often given away.