Reverse Barbell Curl

How to do Reverse Barbell Curl

• Stand tall holding a bar with an overhand grip about shoulder width, arms straight, elbows at your sides.
• Curl the bar up towards the shoulders by bending the elbows, keeping the wrists straight and the upper arms still.
• Squeeze at the top for a second; the outside of the forearms does most of the work here.
• Lower slowly to straight arms. Use less weight than a normal curl; the grip is the weak link, not the biceps.

These are the same steps you see in the exercise guide in the Flawless app.

Muscles worked

Muscle data from StrengthLog.

Why do it

• Top of the forearm, almost always neglected
• Grip strength for heavy pulling
• Balances the arm front to back

How Flawless ranks Reverse Barbell Curl

Flawless ranks Reverse Barbell Curl by sets logged: the number of sets you have logged over time. The ladder is the same for everyone, because it measures work done rather than strength relative to bodyweight. The rank updates after every workout.

Similar exercises

• Barbell Wrist Curl
• Reverse Wrist Curl
• Wrist Curl
• Dead Hang
• Dumbbell Wrist Curl
• Plate Pinch
• Reverse Dumbbell Curl
• Towel Pull-Up
• All 469 exercises in the library

Questions

What muscles does Reverse Barbell Curl work?

It works mainly the forearm extensors and biceps, with help from the forearm flexors.

How do you do Reverse Barbell Curl?

Stand tall holding a bar with an overhand grip about shoulder width, arms straight, elbows at your sides. Curl the bar up towards the shoulders by bending the elbows, keeping the wrists straight and the upper arms still. Squeeze at the top for a second; the outside of the forearms does most of the work here. Lower slowly to straight arms. Use less weight than a normal curl; the grip is the weak link, not the biceps.

How does Flawless rank Reverse Barbell Curl?

By sets logged: the number of sets you have logged over time. Gold starts at 50 and Diamond at 300, the same for everyone.