Biceps · Ez barbell · Beginner

How to do Preacher Curl (EZ Bar)

The EZ bar preacher curl is a biceps curl done with your upper arms resting on an angled pad. The pad stops you swinging the weight up, and the bent EZ bar is easier on the wrists than a straight bar.

Primary muscle: Biceps
Also works: Forearms
Equipment: Ez barbell
Level: Beginner
Category: Biceps

How to do Preacher Curl (EZ Bar), step by step

Sit at a preacher bench with the backs of your upper arms flat on the pad and hold an EZ bar on its angled grips, palms up.
Start with your arms almost straight and the bar low in front of the pad.
Curl the bar up toward your shoulders, keeping your upper arms pressed into the pad.
Lower the bar slowly until your arms are nearly straight again.

Muscles worked

Preacher Curl (EZ Bar) works your biceps as the main mover, with help from your forearms.

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Preacher Curl (EZ Bar) is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.

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