Drag Curl (Barbell)
Standing with the upper arms still, drag a barbell up the body close to the torso to the shoulders.
- Pattern
- Arms
- Equipment
- Barbell
- Works
- Biceps, forearms
- Loads
- Elbows, wrists
If something hurts
Not medical advice. Sharp pain, numbness or swelling needs someone qualified to look at it.
Each swap below spares one joint.
Wrist Hammer Curl (Dumbbell)
Neutral grip takes the wrist out.
How Swolver coaches it
This lift is read from your own sessions. When it goes flat for four weeks, Swolver names the likely cause in plain words, such as weekly sets that dropped, and the one change to make. The rules are all on the method page.