Cable Preacher Curl

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Cable Preacher Curl — Cable Biceps exercise demonstration
Cable Preacher Curl — Cable Biceps exercise demonstration
Body part
Upper Arms
Target
Biceps
Equipment
Cable
Secondary
Forearms

Instructions

  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.

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