Overhead Curl (Cable)
Trains the biceps. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Overhead Curl (Cable)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a biceps exercise that is, there are 8 on the Biceps page.
Muscles worked
What Overhead Curl (Cable) trains
Technique
How to do the Overhead Curl (Cable)
- Stand in the center of a cable machine with the pulleys set at the highest position. Grasp the handles with both hands, palms facing upward. Extend your arms out to the sides at shoulder height, almost parallel to the floor.
- Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, keeping your back straight and elbows slightly bent.
- Curl the handles towards your head by bending your elbows, keeping your upper arms stationary.
- Slowly extend your arms back to the starting position with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Exhale as you curl the handles towards your head and inhale as you extend them back.
- Keep your elbows stationary and at shoulder height throughout the exercise.
- Focus on squeezing your biceps at the top of the movement.
Substitutes
Swap Overhead Curl (Cable) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Overhead Curl (Cable) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.