Banded hammer 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, Forearms.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Hammer curl med strikk
• Svenska Hammercurl med gummiband
• Dansk Hammercurl med elastik
• Deutsch Hammercurl mit Band
• Español Curl martillo con banda elástica
• Italiano Curl a martello con elastico
• Português Rosca martelo com elástico
• Русский Молотковые сгибания с резинкой
• Français Curl marteau (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.