Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / arms
EZ-bar curl
Narrow supinated grip, elbows pinned to sides, slight lean back is fine.
Muscles
- Primary
- biceps
- Supporting
- forearms
Mechanics
- Pattern
- elbow flexion
- Equipment
- barbell
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Biceps contract fully at the top; lower under control through the full stretch.
- Progression
- Add reps to the top of each set before adding load.
- Regression
- Switch to dumbbell curls if the wrist position feels awkward.
Watch for
- Swinging the torso
- Elbows drifting forward at the top
Substitutions
- Barbell curl
- Incline DB curl
- Preacher curl machine