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Cheat Curl

Builds the biceps.

StrengthBarbellControlledAll barbell exercisesAll biceps exercises

What it works

Biceps

How to do it

  1. 1Use a controlled hip drive to help the bar past the sticking point, then lower it as slowly as you can.
  2. 2Deliberate cheating to overload the eccentric — it only works if the lowering is genuinely slow, otherwise it's just bad form with heavy weight.

Watch a form guide for the cheat curl

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