Band Preacher Curl
Pull · biceps · beginner
Start
FinishHow to do it
Sit on a chair, anchor the band under your foot, brace the back of your upper arm firmly against your thigh or a chair back, and curl the handle up with the elbow completely immobilised.
Muscles worked
Primary: biceps · Also works: forearms
Equipment
Resistance bands
Common mistakes
- Letting the upper arm lift off the brace at the hardest point of the rep
- Straightening the elbow with a snap at the bottom under band tension
- Curling past the point where the forearm is vertical, which unloads the biceps entirely
Variations
- Band preacher curl with a three-second lowering phase
- Both-arms-together band preacher curl over the back of a chair
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