Bent Steel

The Harambe Arm Bar is an EZ curl bar for bands. It allows for a more ergonomic wrist position when performing a variety of arm exercises. I use it primarily for curls (standard or drag or reverse, wide or narrow grip) and triceps extensions (overhead French press or skull crushers), for which it is especially beneficial. I acquired the Arm Bar last December, and since then have only used the straight bar for those exercises occasionally enough to confirm the superiority of the Arm Bar. I have tried the Arm Bar for overhead presses and bent-over rows. I can take it or leave it for both of these movements. It works fine, but doesn’t feel any better than using the straight bar. For those exercises I will just use whichever bar is more convenient given the sequence of exercises I am performing. Sometimes I will use the Arm Bar for a narrow chest press. It allows for a much narrower grip than the straight bar, but I generally just do my chest press with a standard shoulder-width grip, and…