How to Do the Wide-Grip Standing Barbell Curl
💪 Biceps🏋️ Barbell📊 Beginner🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- Stand up with your torso upright while holding a barbell at the wide outer handle. The palm of your hands should be facing forward. The elbows should be close to the torso. This will be your starting position.
- While holding the upper arms stationary, curl the weights forward while contracting the biceps as you breathe out. Tip: Only the forearms should move.
- Continue the movement until your biceps are fully contracted and the bar is at shoulder level. Hold the contracted position for a second and squeeze the biceps hard.
- Slowly begin to bring the bar back to starting position as your breathe in.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Wide-Grip Standing Barbell Curl primarily targets your Biceps. You'll need barbell.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Wide-Grip Standing Barbell 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.