Cable Biceps Curl

Start

Finish

How to do it

Attach a straight or EZ bar to a low pulley, stand a half step back so the cable stays taut at the bottom, and curl to chest height keeping the elbows at your sides.

Muscles worked

Primary: biceps · Also works: forearms

Equipment

Cables, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Standing directly over the pulley, which lets the cable go slack at the bottom of every rep
• Letting the stack slam down at the end of the lowering phase
• Leaning back so the cable's pull is countered by bodyweight rather than by the biceps

Variations

• Single-arm cable curl
• Rope cable curl finishing with the palms turned out

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Dumbbell Biceps Curl
• Resistance Band Biceps Curl
• Barbell Biceps Curl

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