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A great way to improve strength and power
Barbell exercises are usually used during compound power exercises. These exercises use many muscle groups and are functional for any athlete. The disadvantage to barbells are that you can easily use a 'stronger side' to help lift the weight. Dumbbells should be used with a lagging side. Olympic barbells usually weigh 45lbs but should not be used if the bar is bent. The barbell should also be inspected regularly to make sure it has maintained its integrity. If you feel that the barbell is about to break or isn't safe, report it.
Exercises
| Picture | Name of Barbell Exercise |
 | Preacher Curls Start with an ez-curl bar sitting at a preacher bench (as shown). Adjust the preacher bench so that it is comfortably in your armpit. With your arms extended and holding on to th... |
 | Barbell Curls Stand upright with your back and head straight. Grasping a bar of a predetermined weight at shoulder width, slowly raise the weight with your elbows tight into your body. Once th... |
 | Wrist Curls Sit on a bench with your forearms lying on top of your thighs and holding a barbell with an underhand grip. Bend your forward so that the bar is resting on your fingers. Curl... |
 | Standing Wrist Curls Grab a barbell from behind you by reaching your arms back and using a underhand grip. Have your arms hang with barbell behind you and the bar resting in your fingers. Curl th... |
 | Wrist Extensions Sit on a bench with your forearms lying on top of your thighs and holding a barbell with an overhand grip. Bend your forward so that the bar is resting on your fingers. Curl th... |
Forum Discussions
| I want to exercise!!! | I recently moved to Ottawa and promptly got hit by a car while biking home from work. Since then I have had physio but am still in pain and can't seem to do much. How do I stay in shape and exercise without using the injured parts of me? Please te... |
| Forearms | I am lacking in bicep size compared to my forearms.I have hit the biceps fairly hard but still have not acheived much gain in size. Should I up the weight and go to failure on the biceps as well as doing negative excercises? Any help is appreciated.... |
| hardgainer, hah!! i'm a no gainer. | help! i'm 46 and just started lifitng. it's been more than a year now, and my only progress has been with my forearms. why can't i put on any muscle? in fact, it seems the more i workout, the weaker i get. any suggestions?... |
| Lifting pain | Sometimes when i lift i get this sharp pain,mostly in my right arm. I get them especially when i do dumbell curls. Its mostly right in the crease of my arm, sometimes it in my forearm. It feels like a tendon is being pulled. I try to be careful a... |
| Most Affective Way to Build Forearms size? | Hi, Im tryig to build my forarm size larger what exercise should I do to affectivley see results?... |
| Types of Exercises & Techniques | I'm not really sure if this belongs here, but it seemed like the best fit, so here goes. For the past couple days, I've been doing some research into types of exercises and the techniques behind them and I'm getting them mixed up. The information ... |
| exercise schedule | I workout six days a week but I want to condense my workout to five. I still want to continue working each body part twice a week. I need help coming up with a schedule. Right now my schedule is:Mon/Thurs-back,biceps,and forearms. Tues/Fri-Chest&... |
| Forearm pain | I started working out again about 2.5 months ago after taking a few years off. I have noticed some pain in my forearms that I never used to get. It's about 1/2 way up my forearm on the outside. It seems to be right where the muscle and bone separate... |