How to Do
How to Do Barbell Wrist Curl
The barbell wrist curl should begin with good posture to avoid injury. Brace the spine by drawing your lower abdomen inward. Your core muscles should be activated to support your posture as you perform the exercise.
If any pain is experienced, immediately stop the barbell wrist curl.
Beginning
Beginning Wrist Curl While Standing
1. Begin by choosing a barbell weight and holding it behind your back with an underhand grip (palms facing out). Your hands should be approximately shoulder width apart.
2. Stand tall, with your feet shoulder width apart, and your gaze forward. Allow the barbell to fall as far as possible while only bending at the wrists. This is the exercise's starting position.
Movement
Wrist Curl While Standing Movement
1. Slowly raise the barbell as high as you can while squeezing the forearm muscles at the top of the movement. Your wrists should be the only thing that moves.
2. After a brief pause, slowly lower the barbell back to its starting position.
3. Rep until you've completed the desired number of reps.
Benefits
Wrist Curl While Standing Benefits
Wrist curls primarily work the forearm muscles.
This is an isolation exercise, which means it isolates the muscles it's supposed to target. Isolation exercises, as opposed to compound motions, are more successful at correcting weakness and increasing the strength of a single muscle.
Exercise Aliases
Barbell Wrist Curl, Standing Back Wrist, Dumbbell Standing Wrist, Standing Barbell Wrist.
