
Cable Preacher Curl
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Force
- Pull
- Mechanic
- Isolation
- Type
- Strength
Also works: Forearms
How to do the Cable Preacher Curl
- 1
Place a preacher bench about 2 feet in front of a pulley machine.
- 2
Attach a straight bar to the low pulley.
- 3
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.
- 4
Grab the bar and fully extend your arms on top of the preacher bench pad. This will be your starting position.
- 5
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.
- 6
Now slowly lower the weight to the starting position.
- 7
Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
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