Arms·Cable·Isolation

Cable Preacher Curl

Biceps · Cable

Beginner

Body Part

Arms

Equipment

Cable

Level

Beginner

Type

Isolation

Force

Pull

The Cable Preacher Curl is a beginner cable exercise that primarily targets the Biceps.

Muscles Worked

Biceps primaryForearms secondary

How to Do the Cable Preacher Curl

  1. 1Place a preacher bench about 2 feet in front of a pulley machine.
  2. 2Attach a straight bar to the low pulley.
  3. 3Sit 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. 4Grab the bar and fully extend your arms on top of the preacher bench pad. This will be your starting position.
  5. 5Now 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. 6Now slowly lower the weight to the starting position.
  7. 7Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Related Exercises

Exercise data from the open-source Free Exercise DB.