Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist Curl

ForearmsBarbellBeginnerIsolation
Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist Curl — start position
Start
Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist Curl — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryForearms

How to do it

  1. 01

    Hold a barbell with both hands and your palms facing up; hands spaced about shoulder width.

  2. 02

    Place your feet flat on the floor, at a distance that is slightly wider than shoulder width apart.

  3. 03

    Lean forward and place your forearms on top of your upper thighs with your palms up. Tip: Make sure that the front of the wrists lay on top of your knees. This will be your starting position.

  4. 04

    Lower the bar as far as possible while inhaling and keeping a tight grip.

  5. 05

    Now curl bar up as high as possible while flexing the forearms and exhaling. Hold the contraction at the top for a second and Tip: Only the wrist should move.

In the app

Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist 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.

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