How do you perform this exercise?
- Stand up straight with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold a barbell with an underhand grip, hands close together.
- Keep your elbows close to your torso and your upper arms stationary throughout the movement.
- Exhale as you curl the weights while contracting your biceps. Continue to raise the bar until your biceps are fully contracted and the bar is at shoulder level.
- Hold the contracted position for a brief pause as you squeeze your biceps.
- Inhale as you slowly begin to bring the barbell back to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Forearms.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
