Arms · Barbell · Isolation · Beginner
Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl


Primary
- Main muscles
- Forearms
How to do it
- Start by standing straight and holding a barbell behind your glutes at arm's length while using a pronated grip (palms will be facing back away from the glutes) and having your hands shoulder width apart from each other.
- You should be looking straight forward while your feet are shoulder width apart from each other. This is the starting position.
- While exhaling, slowly elevate the barbell up by curling your wrist in a semi-circular motion towards the ceiling. Note: Your wrist should be the only body part moving for this exercise.
- Hold the contraction for a second and lower the barbell back down to the starting position while inhaling.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
- When finished, lower the barbell down to the squat rack or the floor by bending the knees. Tip: It is easiest to either pick it up from a squat rack or have a partner hand it to you.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the forearms as its main muscle and is also a pull, on a different piece of equipment.
Other forearm exercises
- Seated Palms-Down Barbell Wrist Curl · Barbell
- Seated Two-Arm Palms-Up Low-Pulley Wrist Curl · Cable
- Standing Olympic Plate Hand Squeeze · Other
- Wrist Circles · Bodyweight
- Wrist Roller · Other
- Wrist Rotations with Straight Bar · Barbell
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