Instructions
- Attach a straight bar to a low pulley on a cable machine and stand facing the machine.
- Grasp the bar with an underhand grip (palms facing up) and your arms fully extended.
- Engage your core muscles and keep your back straight.
- Curl your wrists upward, lifting the bar towards your forearms and squeezing your forearm muscles at the top of the movement.
- Slowly lower your wrists back down to the starting position, maintaining control and keeping your forearms steady.
Categorisation
| Category: | Wrist Curl |
| Typical discipline: | Bodybuilding |
| Type: | Tertiary Isolation |
| Primary body segment: | Upper |
| Movement: | Pull |
Equipment
| Machine: | Cable Machine |
| Attachment: | Handle Attachment |
Muscles
| Primary: | Flexor Carpi Radialis, Flexor Carpi Ulnaris, Palmaris Longus |
| Secondary: | Flexor Digitorum Superficialis, Flexor Digitorum Profundus, Flexor Pollicis Longus, Pronator Teres |
Bodyweight percentage lifted
| Male: | 0.3% |
| Female: | 0.3% |