Preacher Curl (Cable)
Trains the biceps, with help from the forearms. 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 Preacher 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 Preacher Curl (Cable) trains
Technique
How to do the Preacher Curl (Cable)
- Sit on the preacher bench with your feet flat on the floor. Attach a straight bar to the low pulley of a cable machine and grasp the bar with both hands, shoulder-width apart, palms facing upwards.
- Position your upper arms on the preacher bench pad and extend your arms fully, holding the bar.
- Curl the bar towards your shoulders by bending your elbows, squeezing your biceps at the top of the movement.
- Lower the bar back to the starting position, fully extending your arms. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Exhale as you curl the bar up and inhale as you lower it back down.
- Maintain a neutral wrist position to prevent strain.
- Focus on squeezing your biceps at the top of the movement.
Substitutes
Swap Preacher Curl (Cable) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Preacher 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.