Ez Barbell Curl

BicepsEz BarbellBeginner
Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, knees slightly bent. Hold the EZ barbell with an underhand grip, hands shoulder-width apart. Start with the barbell hanging down in front of your thighs. Keep your elbows close to your sides, contract your biceps, and curl the barbell up towards your chest. Pause for a second, then slowly lower the barbell back down to the starting position. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Ez Barbell Curl

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Ez Barbell Curl using your ez barbell.
  2. Brace and execute. Brace your core, control the descent, and move through a full pain-free range of motion while emphasizing your biceps.
  3. Reset. Reverse the movement under control and reset between repetitions, keeping your form crisp on every rep.

Coaching cues

  • Move with intent — every rep should feel deliberate, not rushed.
  • Drive force through your biceps rather than momentum.
  • Keep your breathing steady: exhale on the hard part, inhale on the reset.

Common mistakes

  • Using too much weight and losing positional control.
  • Cutting the range of motion short and missing the target muscle.
  • Letting your spine round or hyperextend instead of staying neutral.

Detailed cues, common mistakes, and demonstration video are available in the Fitly app.

Build a free routine

Stage exercises here, then sign up to save them as a real Fitly routine — synced to web and mobile.

View staged routine (0)

Related exercises

EZ Bar California Skullcrusher

BicepsEz BarbellIntermediate

The EZ Bar California Skullcrusher targets your triceps and helps build upper arm strength.Lie on a flat bench and ho…

View

Ez Bar French Press On Exercise Ball

TricepsEz BarbellIntermediate

Sit on an exercise ball. Hold an EZ bar with an overhand grip. Extend your arms up towards the ceiling. Lower the bar…

View

Ez Bar Lying Bent Arms Pullover

TricepsEz BarbellBeginner

1. Lie down on your back on a flat bench. 2. Hold the EZ bar with an overhand grip, slightly wider than shoulder-widt…

View

Ez Bar Lying Close Grip Triceps Extension Behind Head

TricepsEz BarbellIntermediate

Lie down on a flat bench with your feet flat on the ground and your head at one end of the bench. Grasp the EZ bar w…

View

Ez Bar Preacher Arms Stretch

BicepsEz BarbellBeginner

Perform the EZ Bar Preacher Arms Stretch to enhance flexibility in your arms and shoulders.Begin by sitting at a prea…

View

Ez Bar Reverse Grip Bent Over Row

RhomboidsEz BarbellBeginner

Hold the EZ bar with a reverse grip. Bend at the waist, keeping your back straight. Keep your arms fully extended, ha…

View

Ez Bar Seated Close Grip Concentration Curl

BicepsEz BarbellBeginner

Sit on a bench with your feet flat on the floor and hold an EZ bar with a close grip. Place your elbow on the inside …

View

EZ Bar Seated Wrist Curl

ForearmsEz BarbellBeginner

Perform the EZ Bar seated wrist curl to strengthen your forearm muscles.Sit on a bench with your feet flat on the flo…

View
0 exercises staged Save your routine — sign up free.
Review Sign up free