How to Do the Cable Preacher Curl

Beginner · Cable · Targets Biceps, Forearms

How to perform it

1. Place a preacher bench about 2 feet in front of a pulley machine.
2. 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.
5. 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.
6. Now slowly lower the weight to the starting position.
7. Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

Muscles worked

The Cable Preacher Curl primarily targets your Biceps, with support from your Forearms. You'll need cable.

Make it count toward your goal

Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Cable Preacher Curl slots into a plan built for your goal — sets, reps and progression auto-suggested, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly review that adapts what comes next.