Preacher Curl

BicepsBarbellBeginnerIsolation
Preacher Curl — start position
Start
Preacher Curl — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryBiceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    To perform this movement you will need a preacher bench and an E-Z bar. Grab the E-Z curl bar at the close inner handle (either have someone hand you the bar which is preferable or grab the bar from the front bar rest provided by most preacher benches). The palm of your hands should be facing forward and they should be slightly tilted inwards due to the shape of the bar.

  2. 02

    With the upper arms positioned against the preacher bench pad and the chest against it, hold the E-Z Curl Bar at shoulder length. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    As you breathe in, slowly lower the bar until your upper arm is extended and the biceps is fully stretched.

  4. 04

    As you exhale, use the biceps to curl the weight up until your biceps is fully contracted and the bar is at shoulder height. Squeeze the biceps hard and hold this position for a second.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Preacher Curl appears when you own a barbell 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 a barbell

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

With barbell
With dumbbell
With ez bar
With cable

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