How do you perform this exercise?
- Attach a straight bar to a low pulley cable machine.
- Stand facing the machine with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent.
- Grasp the bar with an underhand grip, hands shoulder-width apart.
- Keep your elbows close to your sides and your upper arms stationary throughout the exercise.
- Exhale and curl the bar up towards your shoulders, contracting your biceps.
- Pause for a moment at the top of the movement, squeezing your biceps.
- Inhale and slowly lower the bar back to the starting position, fully extending your arms.
- 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.
