Wrist Curl (Barbell)

How to do it

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

Key cues

• Forearms stay on the thighs
• Wrists hang over the knees
• Palms toward your face
• Pause at the top
• Lower slowly

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.

Variations

• Wrist Curl (Dumbbell)

  Dumbbell · Forearms · Isolation

References

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