Arms · Bodyweight
Hand Spring Wrist Curl
How to do the hand spring wrist curl, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Bodyweight
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Hold a hand spring gripper or torsion device in one hand with your palm facing up and your forearm supported on your thigh or a bench. Curl your wrist up to flex against the spring's resistance, then slowly let it return to the stretched position. Move only at the wrist and complete all reps, then switch hands.
- 1Forearm flexors contracting to curl the wrist against the spring
- 2Movement isolated to the wrist joint only
- 3A smooth squeeze at the top of each rep
Common mistakes
- Recruiting your biceps or shoulder to move the weight
- Letting the spring snap back fast on the return
- Bending your elbow or lifting your forearm off the support
Muscles worked
The hand spring wrist curl mainly works the forearms.
- ForearmsPrimary
Kovo programs the hand spring 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.