Cable Wrist Curl Exercise Guide
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Valerie Zeller
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Cable Wrist Curl is a strength exercise that works your forearm muscles and wrist flexors.
Cable Wrist Curl is a great basic move. When done correctly, it can effectively target your arms, forearms and upper body.
It requires weight machine to do.
How to do Cable Wrist Curl
Setup
Sit and grab cable bar with narrow to shoulder width underhand handle. Place forearms on thighs and wrists slightly above elbows.
Exercise
Allow cable bar to roll out of palms down to fingers. Raise cable bar back up by gripping and pointing knuckles up as high as possible. Lower and repeat.
Illustrated Guide
Learn how to do cable wrist curl from this step-by-step illustrations:
Muscles Worked
The muscles used for cable wrist curl may change slightly based on the your trained range of motion and technique, but in the most general case, the muscles used for cable wrist curl are:
Primary Muscles
- Forearm Muscles
- Wrist Flexors
Synergyst Muscles
Frequently Asked Questions
Training, Progressions and Regressions
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Cable Wrist Curl Training and Progressions
Standards and Averages
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Cable Wrist Curl Standards and Averages
Alternatives
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Variations
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Classification
| Type(s) | Strength, Isolated |
| Muscles Worked | Forearm Muscles, Wrist Flexors |
| Difficulty Level(s) | Basic, Easy |
| Equipment | Weight Machine |
| Location | At Gym |
| Major Exercise | Wrist Curl |
Muscles Worked
| Target muscle(s) | Forearm Muscles, Wrist Flexors |
| Synergyst muscle(s) |
