Barbell Wrist Curl

Start

Finish

How to do it

Sit with your forearms resting on your thighs and hands just past the knees, palms up, then let the bar roll to your fingertips before curling it back with the wrists only.

Muscles worked

Primary: forearms

Equipment

Barbell, Dumbbells

Common mistakes

• Lifting the forearms off the thighs so the elbows do the work
• Skipping the fingertip roll at the bottom, which halves the working range
• Loading it heavy enough to jam the wrists — this is a small joint doing a small movement

Variations

• Behind-the-back barbell wrist curl standing
• Single-arm dumbbell wrist curl

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Dumbbell Reverse Wrist Curl
• Wrist Roller
• EZ-Bar Reverse Curl

Take care: ABROFIT automatically removes this movement for anyone who has flagged a wrist problem. If that's you, use one of the swaps above and speak to a physio before loading it.

Related exercises

• Dead Hangforearms
• Towel Dead Hangforearms
• Dumbbell Reverse Wrist Curlforearms
• EZ-Bar Reverse Curlforearms
• Band Reverse Curlforearms
• Band Finger Extensionforearms