Barbell Curls Lying Against An Incline

What it is

This variation of the barbell curl effectively isolates your biceps muscles. Lying on an incline bench helps eliminate momentum, ensuring your biceps do the primary work. This movement specifically targets your biceps.

Technique tips

• Keep your upper arms stationary throughout the movement.
• Focus on moving only your forearms to curl the barbell.
• Squeeze your biceps forcefully at the peak of the contraction.
• Exhale as you lift the weight, inhaling as you lower it.
• Control the descent, slowly returning the barbell to the start.
• Avoid swinging; let your biceps initiate and control the lift.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.