EZ-Bar Reverse Curl

Start

Finish

How to do it

Hold an EZ bar with an overhand grip and elbows at your sides, then curl to chest height keeping the knuckles pointing at the ceiling and the wrists straight.

Muscles worked

Primary: forearms · Also works: biceps

Equipment

Barbell, Dumbbells

Common mistakes

• Letting the wrists sag back under the bar, which shifts strain into the joint
• Using biceps-curl weight, which forces the shoulders to swing the bar up
• Rotating into an underhand grip near the top

Variations

• Dumbbell reverse curl one arm at a time
• Cable reverse curl with a straight bar at a low pulley

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Zottman Curl
• Dumbbell Reverse Wrist Curl
• Barbell Wrist Curl

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• Dead Hangforearms
• Towel Dead Hangforearms
• Barbell Wrist Curlforearms
• Dumbbell Reverse Wrist Curlforearms
• Band Reverse Curlforearms
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