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Barbell standing wide-grip curl
Upper arms · Barbell
Target muscles
Biceps
Also works
ForearmsShoulders
How to do it
- 1Stand up straight with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a barbell with an overhand grip, hands wider than shoulder-width apart.
- 2Let the barbell hang at arm's length in front of your thighs, with your palms facing away from your body.
- 3Keeping your upper arms stationary, exhale and curl the barbell upward by contracting your biceps.
- 4Continue to raise the barbell until your biceps are fully contracted and the barbell is at shoulder level.
- 5Hold the contracted position for a brief pause as you squeeze your biceps.
- 6Inhale and slowly begin to lower the barbell back to the starting position.
- 7Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Exercise text from exercises-dataset by Hasan Emir Yıldırım, MIT License. Credits