Finger Curls
How to do 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. This will be your starting position.
- Lower the bar as far as possible by extending the fingers. Allowing the bar to roll down the hands, catch the bar with the final joint in the fingers.
- Now curl bar up as high as possible by closing your hands while exhaling. Hold the contraction at the top.
Quick answers
- What muscles does the Finger Curls work?
- Mainly the forearms.
- What equipment do I need?
- Barbell.
- Is it good for beginners?
- Yes, it is rated beginner level.
- How do I track progress on it?
- Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.
More forearms exercises
- Palms-Down Wrist Curl Over A Bench
- Palms-Up Barbell Wrist Curl Over A Bench
- Seated Palm-Up Barbell Wrist Curl
- Seated Palms-Down Barbell Wrist Curl
- Standing Palms-Up Barbell Behind The Back Wrist Curl
- Wrist Rotations with Straight Bar
Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.