Cable Preacher Curl
How to do the Cable Preacher Curl with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.
Biceps
Forearms
Cable
How to do the Cable Preacher Curl
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Place a preacher bench about 2 feet in front of a pulley machine.
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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.
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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.
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Now slowly lower the weight to the starting position.
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Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Log it, see it on your body.
Every Cable Preacher Curl set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your biceps volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.
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