Barbell Standing Concentration Curl

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Stand upright with your feet shoulder-width apart. Hold a barbell with an underhand grip, palms facing up. Keep your upper arms close to your body and your elbows locked in place. Bend at the elbow to curl the barbell towards your shoulder, while keeping your upper arms stationary. Slowly lower the barbell back down to the starting position. Repeat for desired number of repetitions.

How to perform the Barbell Standing Concentration Curl

  1. Set up. Set up in a stable, balanced starting position appropriate for the Barbell Standing Concentration Curl using your 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.

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