How to Do the Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist Curl
💪 Forearms🏋️ Barbell📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Hold a barbell with both hands and your palms facing up; hands spaced about shoulder width.
- Place your feet flat on the floor, at a distance that is slightly wider than shoulder width apart.
- Lean forward and place your forearms on top of your upper thighs with your palms up. Tip: Make sure that the front of the wrists lay on top of your knees. This will be your starting position.
- Lower the bar as far as possible while inhaling and keeping a tight grip.
- Now curl bar up as high as possible while flexing the forearms and exhaling. Hold the contraction at the top for a second and Tip: Only the wrist should move.
Muscles worked
The Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist Curl primarily targets your Forearms. You'll need barbell.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist Curl slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.