Cable overhead curl

How to do it

1. 1Attach a straight bar to a high‑pulley cable machine.
2. 2Stand facing the machine with feet shoulder‑width apart.
3. 3Grip the bar with a supinated grip, hands spaced at shoulder width.
4. 4Keep the elbows close to your sides and the upper arms still.
5. 5Exhale and curl the bar toward your forehead, keeping the upper arms immobile.
6. 6Pause briefly at the bottom of the movement, squeezing the biceps.
7. 7Inhale and slowly return the bar to the starting position, fully extending the arms.
8. 8Repeat the desired number of reps.

More biceps exercises

• Barbell prone incline curlBarbell
• Barbell standing wide-grip curlBarbell
• Cable close grip curlCable
• Ez barbell reverse grip curlEZ bar
• Cable standing inner curlCable
• Dumbbell standing one arm concentration curlDumbbells
• Dumbbell lying wide curlDumbbells
• Barbell curlBarbell

This page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.