Banded curl

Sets, reps and RIR

Bands give the least resistance where you are strongest, so chase reps and control, not load.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Biceps.

Secondary: Forearms.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norwegian Curl med strikk
• Swedish Curl med gummiband
• Danish Curl med elastik
• German Bizepscurl mit Band
• Spanish Curl con banda
• Italian Curl con elastico
• Portuguese Rosca com elástico
• Russian Сгибание рук с резинкой
• French Curl (élastique)

Related arms exercises

• Barbell curl
• EZ-bar curl
• Preacher curl (barbell)
• Skull crushers
• Standing French press
• Reverse curl

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.