Body Weight Biceps Curls
Isolation exercise · elbow flexion
How to do it
- Grab a stable bar with an underhand grip and lean back with your body braced.
- Pull yourself up by bending mostly at the elbows and keeping them in front of you.
- Lower yourself back slowly until your arms are almost straight.
Muscles involved
- biceps
- 80
- hip abductors
- 20
- hip flexors
- 20
- glutes
- 10
- quadriceps
- 10
- forearms
- 10
- shoulders
- 10
- upperBack
- 10
- lats
- 10
At a glance
- Type
- Isolation exercise
- Movement pattern
- elbow flexion
- Equipment
- No equipment
- Variations
- body weight
Follow along in the app
This exercise is in both apps. Pick whichever suits you.
Trainer
Guided strength training with a 3D coach, set by set.
Treeceps
The same exercise, inside your virtual fitness world.