Cable Wrist Curl

How to do it

1. Attach a straight bar to a low pulley and set a light weight.
2. Sit on a bench facing the stack with your feet about shoulder width apart.
3. Grip the bar underhand at shoulder width and rest your elbows on your inner thighs.
4. Let the bar drop by bending only at the wrists, allowing it to roll toward your fingers.
5. Close your grip and curl your wrists upward, squeezing the forearms at the top.
6. Pause briefly, then lower under control and repeat for reps.

Common mistakes

• Loading too heavy, which turns the rep into an elbow curl and hides the wrist range.
• Lifting the elbows off the thighs, so the forearms move and the wrists stay locked.
• Skipping the roll to the fingers, which leaves out the grip closing part of the movement.
• Bouncing at the bottom, which loads the wrist joint rather than the flexors.