Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Band

BicepsEZ barBeginnerIsolation
Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Band — start position
Start
Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Band — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryBiceps
SecondaryForearms

How to do it

  1. 01

    Attach a band to each end of the bar. Take the bar, placing a foot on the middle of the band. Stand upright with a narrow, supinated grip on the EZ bar. The elbows should be close to the torso. This will be your starting position.

  2. 02

    While keeping the upper arms in place, flex the elbows to execute the curl. Exhale as the weight is lifted.

  3. 03

    Continue the movement until your biceps are fully contracted and the bar is at shoulder level. Hold the contracted position for a second and squeeze the biceps hard.

  4. 04

    Slowly begin to bring the bar back to starting position as your breathe in.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Band appears when you own an EZ bar and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have an EZ bar

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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