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EZ Barbell Standing Back Wrist Curl
How to do the ez barbell standing back wrist curl, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- EZ Bar
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand with an EZ bar held behind your back at arm's length, palms facing back. Keeping your arms straight, curl the bar up using only your wrists, then lower it slowly under control.
- 1Your forearm flexors squeezing as you curl the bar behind you
- 2Movement coming only from your wrists with arms straight
- 3A controlled stretch as the bar lowers
Common mistakes
- Bending your elbows or letting the bar swing
- Dropping the weight quickly on the way down
- Leaning forward to help lift the bar
Muscles worked
The ez barbell standing back wrist curl mainly works the forearms.
- ForearmsPrimary
Kovo programs the ez barbell standing back wrist curl for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More forearms exercises
- How to do the wrist curl
- How to do the conans wheel
- How to do the farmers walk
- How to do the forearm extensor stretch
- How to do the forearm flexor stretch
- How to do the medicine ball hussafel carry
Last reviewed June 2026.