Curling Fitness: Strength, Core and Muscle Building Drills

Curling athletes benefit from 4-week core circuits and leg-strengthening guides to improve balance on the ice. Use hammer curls and barbell rows to build a better body for competitive sweep power.

Hammer Curls vs. Barbell Curls

Published Sep,06 2011 | By Kim Nunley

Hammer curls and barbell curls recruit the same collection of muscles. However, they differ slightly in technique and the weighted implements that are to be used. Because of the technique differences, three muscles involved in the exercise are recruited slightly differently in the two exercises.

Kim Nunley has been screenwriting and working as an online health and fitness writer since 2005. She’s had multiple short screenplays produced and her feature scripts have placed at the Austin Film Festival. Prior to writing full-time, she worked as a strength coach, athletic coach and college instructor. She holds a master's degree in kinesiology from California State University, Fullerton.