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Positioning the Body for Arm Curls. Mike Harrington / Getty Images. The arm curl or biceps curl is a highly recognizable weight training exercise that utilizes dumbbells or barbells, or even kettlebells, to work the muscles of the upper arm, the biceps, and to a lesser extent, the lower brachialis and brachioradialis.
The biceps are the muscles that bend your elbows and lift the dumbbells. The biceps begin on the scapula and end on the lower arm bone. Since the biceps cross the elbows, the elbow joint is used during the supinated dumbbell curl. The biceps shorten as the muscle contracts and when the muscle shortens the elbow flexes.