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Cable Wrist Curl
An isolation exercise flexing the wrists against cable resistance to strengthen the forearm flexors.
What this exercise works
- Muscles
- forearm flexors
- Goals
- hypertrophy
- Equipment
- Cable machine
- Category
- Strength
- Difficulty
- intermediate
Demonstration
Step 1
Step 2
How to perform the movement
- Attach a straight bar to a low cable pulley.
- Kneel or sit with forearms on a bench, palms facing up.
- Let your wrists flex off the bench edge.
- Curl the bar up by flexing your wrists.
- Lower under control and repeat.
Technique cues and common mistakes
- Move only at the wrists; keep your forearms pressed into the bench.
- Perform the reps slowly to avoid straining your wrists.
- Pause briefly at the top of each rep for a stronger contraction.