The dumbbell bicep curl can be performed in a number of ways. Here’s a version called “no money” curls. It works biceps and shoulders simultaneously.

The Dumbbell Bicep Curl Video – Jeff Cavaliere Explains “No Money Curls”.

There’s an exercise program that we fabricated that we entitled “Bulletproof Your Body.” In addition to having an increase in size and strength, we’re also focusing on having all of the different muscle groups to be free from injury caused by traditional training. It’s actually quite alarming how many videos and trainers are available everywhere which give harmful advice on exercises. We will look at biceps curls with dumbbells as an example.

We’ve seen, before our very eyes, trainers and instructors giving really bad exercise advice to people, such as the good morning exercise. Maybe some, probably around 5% could actually get gains and benefits from that particular exercise. But what about the remaining 95%? If they don’t have injuries to the lower back yet, they’d surely get one from this exercise.

Let’s go through the different bodyparts. Let’s talk about your biceps and shoulders first. Biceps and shoulders are what most guys really concentrate on developing because everyone can easily see these muscles. Muscular shoulders and well-defined arms are really a big hit. Have you heard of the “No Money” curl? It’s this variant of the typical dumbbell curl that we created. I’m sure you know of the regular standing dumbbell curl right?

It’s pretty much the same as that. However, this exercise can’t really just target only the biceps because one of the biceps tendons runs all the way up to your shoulder. Since it’s connected in this way, every exertion of the bicep is also a workout for the joint at your shoulder. Notice that when you overwork your biceps, your shoulder joints are also affected? It’s not possible to really achieve a full 100% isolation of the biceps without involving the shoulder joint. That means the shoulders are almost always only internally rotated. Hunching forward is something common to people who lift weights. The rotator cuff, a very important body part is not given enough attention. Now, the objective is to really counter this tendency by introducing a different way to rotate the shoulders during this exercise.

This exercise got its name from the similar hand gestures you’d do if you wanted to communicate to someone that you didn’t have any money. What if a person points a gun at you and asks for your money and you didn’t have any, what gesture would you do? That’s the one. This gesture, combined with the typical bicep curl is the “No Money” curl. Therefore, this allows you to rotate your shoulders at the top of the movement, exercising both the bicep and the rotator cuff. From your standard curl, the only difference is curling to the side, and then rotating your shoulders back, then back to starting position.

Incorporating this into your workout hits two birds with one stone – a real bullet-proof move. Both your joints and your biceps get a full blast workout. To really see this in action, look at yourself in the mirror doing this exercise and notice your rotator cuff working as your shoulder rotates externally. Doing normal bicep curls does nothing to target the rotator cuff.

This group of exercises focuses on strengthening the vulnerable areas not usually tackled by usual gym moves, like your knees, hips, back, ankles, etc. For example, weak ankles might contribute to back problems. Believe it or not, it’s also possible for your shoulders to be affected by weak ankles!

This is an amazing series of exercises! It’s very important to do a program which really takes a holistic approach to strength and stability, not just focusing on the traditional way of doing things. You really have to give AthleanX a shot. The way this was created was for athletes who needed to be primed for their seasons, having them be at peak performance and health, meaning being injury-free, all the time. AthleanX really focuses on this. With other programs, you could definitely get bigger muscles too, but not in a way that has being injury-free be main concern.

AthleanX is for you to get stronger, bigger, ripped, minus the injuries, so you could really hit the gym a lot and get even stronger, bigger, and more ripped. Performing the dumbbell bicep curl properly is just scratching the surface.