Ladies- hips and bicep curls!

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curlyslim
curlyslim Posts: 64 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
Hiya,

During my bicep curls- stood up, free weights, (as that is what I have at home), I do find that my range suffers a bit as i try to fully extend my arms, the hips get in the way! So my weights 'tap' my hips and my arm doesn't straighten.

Sorry if this sounds a bit daft, but has anyone else come across this? and if so, what do you do? or is it a non issue for not having full range of motion?

Many thanks!

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  • sofaking6
    sofaking6 Posts: 4,589 Member
    edited October 2014
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    You can do plié squats and curl from there, or lean back at the bottom of the curl so your arms have more room to stretch. Or, a bit easier than the squats, try curling from a lunge position and just do one side at a time. I'm hippy, too :)
  • singingflutelady
    singingflutelady Posts: 8,736 Member
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    use dumbbells and bring them off to your sides at the bottom (rotate hands at bottom so palms face each other)

    also sitting db curls on an incline bench
  • curlyslim
    curlyslim Posts: 64 Member
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    Ooh! Thank you both for your replies!
    I'll give your suggestions a go!

    Hip love! :P
  • roxylola
    roxylola Posts: 540 Member
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    Seen a couple of guys at the gym doing curls with a long(ish) preweighted bar, it apparently really gets your muscles going as you have to stabilise the bar but I would think it does not quite allow for full extension - may be a good compromise

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