A hammer curl while performed laying down on a incline bench adjusted to a 45 degree angle.
Lying straight bar cable curl.
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.
Lying cable bicep curls this is a slightly unconventional arm strengthening exercise.
This movement is usually performed for moderate to high reps for a burn and pump as part of an arm focused workout.
Cable straight bar biceps curl variations.
The lying cable biceps curl is a cable exercise that targets the biceps.
See also the overhead cable curl.
Personal trainer and instructional fitness host joe tong shows you the proper way to perform lying cable curls.
You can also perform the lying cable curl on a standard cable.
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Lying high cable curl video.
The dead hang of the arms ensures no momentum or swinging comes into play while performing your hammer curls providing superior isolation.
These can include standing dumbbell curls preacher curls and standing single arm cable curls.
The straight bar can be hard on some people s wrists.
The lying high cable curl is also known as the supine high cable curl.
If a straight bar is hard on your wrists use a wavy bar or a v bar.
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.
It is performed lying on the back either on a bench or the ground with the feet facing toward a cable stack.