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Cable Preacher Curl
Cable Preacher Curl is a beginner strength exercise using cable. It works the biceps, with help from the forearms.
beginnercablepull movementisolationstrength
- Main muscles
- biceps
- Also works
- forearms
How to do it
- Place a preacher bench about 2 feet in front of a pulley machine.
- Attach a straight bar to the low pulley.
- Sit at the preacher bench with your elbow and upper arms firmly on top of the bench pad and have someone hand you the bar from the low pulley.
- Grab the bar and fully extend your arms on top of the preacher bench pad. This will be your starting position.
- Now start pilling the weight up towards your shoulders and squeeze the biceps hard at the top of the movement. Exhale as you perform this motion. Also, hold for a second at the top.
- Now slowly lower the weight to the starting position.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
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- Lying Close-Grip Bar Curl On High Pulley · cable, beginner
- Reverse Cable Curl · cable, beginner
- Standing Biceps Cable Curl · cable, beginner
- High Cable Curls · cable, intermediate
- Lying Cable Curl · cable, intermediate
- Overhead Cable Curl · cable, intermediate
- Standing One-Arm Cable Curl · cable, intermediate
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).