maratoolBicep Curl with Deadlift with Barbell
How to do the bicep curl with deadlift with barbell
- This is an advanced exercise. This exercise combines a bicep curl with a deadlift.
- Grasp an EZ Curl or barbell with palms facing up.
- Standing with your feet shoulder width apart and your knees slightly bent, draw your abs in.
- Extend your arms so the bar rests in front of your thighs.
- Bending at the waist, bring the bar down to just above the floor.
- As you return to a standing position, bring the bar up and curl your arms bringing your forearms to your biceps.
- Return the starting position and repeat.
- Note: Performing this exercise in front of a mirror may help you spot and correct your form.
Muscles worked
The prime mover is the biceps brachii, which bends the elbow and rotates the forearm palm-up.
Even with a single joint doing the moving, the muscle is not working alone — the calves control the ankle and hold the heel position; the lower back keeps the spine from rounding; the hamstrings assist hip extension and slow the knee down.
Every exercise for:BicepsCalvesLower backHamstrings
How this movement works
Everything happens at one joint. That gives you direct control over where the tension sits; the trade-off is that the muscle gets no help, so the load that feels hard here is a fraction of what a multi-joint version of the pattern would take. Slow, complete repetitions beat heavy ones.
It is filed under strength: produce force against resistance for a countable number of repetitions, and progress the resistance over time.
What you need
A barbell locks both hands to one bar, so neither side can drift and the load climbs in plate-sized steps. That makes it the simplest way to add weight and the least forgiving thing to bail out of.
Every exercise using:Barbell
These train the biceps too, using equipment this one does not:
- Bicep Curl with Machinemachine
- Biceps Curl Reverse with Dumbbellsdumbbell
- Brachialis-SMRfoam roll
- Cable Hammer Curls - Rope Attachmentcable
- Close-Grip EZ-Bar Curl with Bande-z curl bar
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