If you’re training at a full gym with lots of equipment, you may see a rack full of weights that resemble barbells, except they’re shorter with several bends in the middle. This is called a curl bar — ...

I am a fan of the standard Olympic bar for lifting weights. Gyms wouldn’t be the same without them. Don’t get me wrong, machines are swell. But I prefer the feel of an old-fashioned barbell. The cold ...

Lee Boyce, C.P.T. The spider curl is a variation of the biceps curl that utilizes a straight bar, dumbbells, or an EZ-bar. Spider curl's form is a little different than that of a classic curl as your ...

The first versions of the barbell were found in the 1860s in European gymnasiums, but Alan Calvert of the Milo Barbell Co. is credited with the first barbell patent in 1902. For the past 123 years, ...

There is a huge debate about which is the best exercise for biceps and while everyone agrees that biceps curls are the way to go, there's a debate about which equipment to use for it. Should you opt ...

Make sure that you use good form for the actual curl. That means maintaining a strong wrist position, which allows you to completely isolate your biceps without bringing your shoulder joint into the ...

The cable spider curl takes the perks of the dumbbell spider curl, and upgrades it by keeping constant muscular tension ...

If you want big biceps and arms, do curls. If you want bigger biceps and arms, do different kinds of curls. Variations as simple as a change in wrist position or source of resistance allow you to ...

Ah, biceps curls. In all likelihood, this is the exercise that first prompted you to set foot in a dimly-lit, musky weight room all those years ago. Sure, since then, you've learned that the biceps is ...