Lying cable bicep curls this is a slightly unconventional arm strengthening exercise.
Lying straight bar cable curl.
Personal trainer and instructional fitness host joe tong shows you the proper way to perform lying cable curls.
The lying high cable curl is also known as the supine high cable curl.
Cable straight bar biceps curl variations.
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If you don t have a bench you can lie on the floor.
Watch as fitness expert james grage shows you how to do the correct straight bar cable curl while standing.
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.
So grab on to the straight or ez curl bar with your palms facing up and carefully move into a lying position.
Another great workout could start with barbell curls which is one of the best mass building exercises along with machine preacher curls followed up with lying straight bar cable curls as the perfect finishing isolation movement.
The straight bar can be hard on some people s wrists.
The dead hang of the arms ensures no momentum or swinging comes into play while performing your hammer curls providing superior isolation.
If a straight bar is hard on your wrists use a wavy bar or a v bar.
If that is the case with you you can use a wavy bar.
These can include standing dumbbell curls preacher curls and standing single arm cable curls.
You can also perform the lying cable curl on a standard cable.
It is performed lying on the back either on a bench or the ground with the feet facing toward a cable stack.
Unlike the others you lay flat on your back with your feet positioned on the floor for extra stability.
See also the overhead cable curl.
This movement is usually performed for moderate to high reps for a burn and pump as part of an arm focused workout.
