Isolation · Beginner
Reverse Curl
Isolation isolation exercise using barbell.
- Movement pattern
- Isolation
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Mechanics
- Isolation
- Sides
- Bilateral
- Main plane
- Sagittal
How to do the Reverse Curl
Setup
Grip the bar with palms facing down (pronated/overhand), hands at shoulder-width or slightly wider.
Curl the bar up while keeping your palms facing down the entire time -- don't let your wrists rotate toward a neutral or supinated grip.
Keep your upper arms fixed at your sides.
Lower under control to full arm extension.
Common mistakes
Using much lighter loads than a standard curl and then still swinging the body to compensate -- the pronated grip is inherently weaker at this lift, so drop the weight instead of cheating the rep.
Letting the wrists flex/extend during the lift instead of staying neutral.
Muscles worked
Primary
How the knowledge graph models this movement
Elbow flexion
Wrist extension