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Mobility Β· Lower body

Jefferson curl

Difficulty Mobility

How to perform it

Loaded spinal flexion with a barbell – from slightly bent knees you bend the spine gradually, vertebra by vertebra. Targets posterior chain mobility. A controversial exercise for advanced lifters – be careful with the weight. Differs from the Romanian deadlift in that the back rounds DELIBERATELY.

Equipment

  • DumbbellsFree weight

Muscles worked

Muscles and artwork credits
  • Biceps femoris
  • Erector spinae
  • Semimembranosus
  • Semitendinosus

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