Exercise library / Arms
Drag curl (barbell)
Arms · Barbell
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps10 to 15
RIR0 to 2
Single-joint work responds to reps and time under tension more than to heavy 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.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Drag curl (stang)
- Svenska Drag curl (skivstång)
- Dansk Drag curl (vægtstang)
- Deutsch Drag Curl (Langhantel)
- Español Drag curl (barra)
- Italiano Drag curl (bilanciere)
- Português Drag curl (barra)
- Русский Драг-подъём штанги на бицепс
- Français Drag curl (barre)
Related arms exercises
- Biceps curl
- Hammer curl
- Concentration curl
- Incline dumbbell curl
- Overhead triceps extension
- Triceps kickbacks
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