Lying Straight Bar Cable Curl

Lying cable bicep curls this is a slightly unconventional arm strengthening exercise.

Lying straight bar cable curl.

Fitness maniac usa home gym cable attachment handle machine exercise chrome pressdown. Hold for a count of two and squeeze your biceps. The lying cable curl is also known as the supine cable curl. There are many exercises you can choose in tandem with hammer dumbbell curls.

Single d handle v shaped bar rotating straight bar. Keeping your upper arms still and your body flat on the bench exhale as you curl the bar towards your forehead until your elbows are fully flexed. Curl the straight bar up by contracting your biceps and moving your forearm your upper arm should not move at all. Cable straight bar biceps curl form.

The lying cable biceps curl is a cable exercise that targets the biceps. The cable should be taut and your arms should be almost fully extended. Curl until the bar is at shoulder height. Stand up straight with a cable straight bar attachment rotate your palms until they re facing towards you and tuck your elbows into your sides.

Free shipping by amazon. Grasp the bar using a shoulder width supinated underhand grip. This exercise is a welcome variation especially for those who are becoming bored with their workout routine and want a new exercise to spice things up a bit. Fitness maniac new pro 30 grip revolving curl bar cable attachment for bicep curls arm tricep shipping from usa 4 8 out of 5.

So grab on to the straight or ez curl bar with your palms facing up and carefully move into a lying position. This movement is usually performed for moderate to high reps for a burn and pump as part of an arm focused workout. You can also perform the lying cable curl on a standard cable row machine. Other exercises to use.

Lying straight bar cable curls are merely a variation of the most effective exercise for the biceps regular barbell curl. 4 8 out of 5 stars 1 217. You can opt for free weight barbell biceps exercises such as ez bar curls reverse grip barbell curls or you can opt for machine cable exercises like cable preacher curls cable rope hammer curls and standing cable curls. If a straight bar is hard on your wrists use a wavy bar or a v bar.

The point of lying on your back for the lying cable curl is to eliminate all body momentum and therefore prevent cheating and better isolate your elbow flexors.