Finger Curls

What it is

This isolation exercise specifically targets your forearms, enhancing both grip strength and muscle development. Using a barbell, you focus on the flexion of your fingers and the muscles connecting them to the wrist. It is excellent for improving forearm definition and overall hand strength.

Technique tips

• Maintain a shoulder-width, palms-up grip on the barbell.
• Allow the bar to roll to your fingertips for a full stretch.
• Initiate the curl by closing your fingers, then your wrist.
• Exhale as you curl the bar up, squeezing at the peak.
• Keep your forearms stable and your wrists aligned.

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.