EZ-Bar Preacher Curl

Start

Finish

How to do it

Set the preacher pad so the top edge sits in your armpits, rest both upper arms flat on it, and curl the EZ bar up then lower to a straight but not locked-out arm.

Muscles worked

Primary: biceps · Also works: forearms

Equipment

Barbell, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Lifting the elbows off the pad to escape the hardest stretched position
• Letting the bar drop into a hard lockout at the bottom, which loads the biceps tendon at its most vulnerable angle
• Standing up out of the seat to help the bar past the sticking point

Variations

• Single-arm dumbbell preacher curl
• Preacher curl with a five-second lowering phase

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Dumbbell Preacher Curl
• Machine Preacher Curl
• Band Preacher Curl

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

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