Beginner exercise

Cable Wrist Curl

  • Muscle Growth
  • Bodybuilding

Technique

How to perform Cable Wrist Curl

  1. Place a bench facing a low pulley and attach a straight bar.
  2. Sit and hold the bar palms up, with your forearms supported on your thighs and your hands just beyond your knees.
  3. Keep your forearms still and bend your wrists upward to lift the bar.
  4. Pause briefly without curling your elbows or rolling the bar through your fingers.
  5. Lower your hands under control through the same wrist range.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Flexor Carpi Radialis, Flexor Carpi Ulnaris.

MuscleScoreRole
Flexor Carpi Radialis1.0Target, Mover
Flexor Carpi Ulnaris1.0Target, Mover