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Reverse Dumbbell Wrist Curl

Reverse Dumbbell Wrist Curl

Sit on a bench with your forearms resting on your thighs, palms facing down and a dumbbell in each hand. Let your wrists hang just beyond your knees. Extend your wrists upward, contracting the forearm extensors, then lower the weights slowly until your knuckles point down. Keep forearms still and move only at the wrist throughout the set.

How it is executed

  1. Sit on a bench with your forearms resting on your thighs, palms facing down and a dumbbell in each hand.
  2. Let your wrists hang just beyond your knees.
  3. Extend your wrists upward, contracting the forearm extensors, then lower the weights slowly until your knuckles point down.
  4. Keep forearms still and move only at the wrist throughout the set.
Muscles worked
Forearms
Primary muscle
Forearms
Equipment
Dumbbell
Movement pattern
Pull
Difficulty
Intermediate
What it is for
Hypertrophy

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