Dumbbell Wrist Curl

How to do it step by step, and the muscles it works.

Body part
Arms
Equipment
Dumbbells
Type
Isolation

How to do it

  1. Sit on a bench with a dumbbell in each hand and your forearms on your thighs, palms up.
  2. Let your wrists hang just past your knees and lower the dumbbells as far as your wrists allow.
  3. Curl the dumbbells up by bending only at the wrists, then lower them slowly.
  4. Keep your forearms on your thighs the whole time and don't jerk the weight up.

Warm up first and pick a weight you can control through the whole movement. Stop if something hurts.

Muscles worked

Also known as

Dumbbell Bench Braced Wrist Curl · Seated Dumbbell Wrist Curl · Dumbbell Forearm Curl · Wrist Curl (Dumbbell)