Cable Lying Regular Grip Curl
Description
The cable lying regular grip curl is performed lying face up on the floor with a low cable behind the head. Using a shoulder-width underhand grip on a bar attachment, you curl through a strict bicep range. The medium grip provides balanced bicep stimulus while the lying position eliminates body english.
Muscle Group
Equipment Required
Cable Lying Regular Grip Curl Instructions
- Set a cable to the lowest pulley with a bar attachment.
- Lie on your back on the floor with feet near the cable station.
- Grip the bar with an underhand grip at shoulder-width.
- Extend your arms straight up over your chest with cable tension active.
- Brace your core and press your back to the floor.
- Lower the bar back toward your forehead by bending only at the elbows.
- Continue down until the bar is near your forehead.
- Curl back up to the starting position by extending the elbows.
Cable Lying Regular Grip Curl Form & Visual
Cable Lying Regular Grip Curl Benefits
- Strict bicep isolation
- Lying position eliminates body english
- Constant cable tension through the range
- Balanced shoulder-width grip
- Useful for hypertrophy training
- Strong peak contraction
Cable Lying Regular Grip Curl Muscles Worked
- Biceps brachii
- Brachialis
- Brachioradialis
Cable Lying Regular Grip Curl Variations & Alternatives
- Cable Lying Close Grip Curl
- Cable Curl
- Spider Curl
- Preacher Curl
