Cable Preacher Curl
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.
Quick answers
- What muscles does the Cable Preacher Curl work?
- Mainly the biceps, with help from the forearms.
- What equipment do I need?
- Cable.
- Is it good for beginners?
- Yes, it is rated beginner level.
- How do I track progress on it?
- Log each set and beat the weight or reps from last time. Liftrung shows your last set beside the next one and estimates your one-rep max from your sets.
More biceps exercises
- Cable Hammer Curls - Rope Attachment
- High Cable Curls
- Lying Cable Curl
- Lying Close-Grip Bar Curl On High Pulley
- Overhead Cable Curl
- Reverse Cable Curl
Exercise descriptions: free-exercise-db, public domain.