Exercise

Seated Cable Curl

Also known as: cable seated curl, seated cable biceps curl, seated low pulley curl

Seated Cable Curl is a isolation exercise for the biceps. Main target: biceps. Also works: forearm flexors. Equipment: cable.

EquipmentCable
TypeIsolation
MovementPull
CategoryStrength

Muscles worked

Muscles worked in the Seated Cable Curl: primary in bright, secondary in light
Primary
Secondary

How to do it

  1. Place a bench in front of a low pulley with a straight or EZ bar attached, and sit down holding the bar with an underhand grip.
  2. Keep the elbows pinned to your sides and the back upright.
  3. Curl the bar toward your shoulders without swinging, keeping constant tension from the cable.
  4. Lower slowly to full extension and repeat.

Similar exercises

Cable Hammer Curls - Rope Attachment
Cable
Brachialis
Cable Preacher Curl
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High Cable Curls
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Lying Cable Curl
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Lying Close-Grip Bar Curl On High Pulley
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Overhead Cable Curl
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Alternatives with other equipment

Band Biceps Curl
Bands
Biceps
Dumbbell Curl to Press
Dumbbell
Biceps
Barbell Curl
Barbell
Biceps short headBiceps long head
Close-Grip EZ Bar Curl
EZ curl bar
Biceps short head
Machine Bicep Curl
Machine
Biceps short head
Reverse Plate Curls
Other
Brachialis
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