Reverse Wrist Curl (Barbell)

How to do it

1. Sit on a bench and hold a barbell with your palms down, hands about shoulder width apart.
2. Rest your forearms on your thighs with your wrists hanging over your knees.
3. Curl your knuckles up toward your face, lifting the bar with your wrists.
4. Pause briefly at the top.
5. Lower the bar slowly back to the start.

Key cues

• Forearms stay on the thighs
• Knuckles toward your face
• Pause at the top
• Lower slowly
• Only the wrists move

Common mistakes

• Cutting the range of motion short
• Lifting the forearms off the thighs
• Rocking the torso to move the bar
• Dropping the bar quickly on the way down

Muscles worked

Primary

Forearms

Equipment

Barbell and bench.

References

1. Muscle & Fitness: Barbell Reverse Wrist Curl
2. StrengthLog: Barbell Wrist Curl