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Cable Incline Biceps Curl
How to do the cable incline biceps curl, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Curl
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set a low cable pulley and sit back on an incline bench facing away from the stack, holding the handle with your arm hanging down and palm up. Curl the handle toward your shoulder against the constant cable tension, keeping your elbow back, then lower slowly to a full stretch.
- 1A deep stretch in the biceps at the bottom of the range
- 2Constant cable tension through the whole curl
- 3Your elbow staying back to load the long head
Common mistakes
- Letting your elbow drift forward as you curl
- Using your shoulder or body to swing the handle up
- Cutting the lowering phase short and losing the stretch
Muscles worked
The cable incline biceps curl mainly works the biceps, with the forearms assisting.
- BicepsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- Front DeltsMinor
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More biceps exercises
- How to do the resistance band bicep curl
- How to do the resistance band hammer curl
- How to do the barbell bicep curl
- How to do the cable bicep curl
- How to do the cable hammer curl
- How to do the overhead bicep curl
Last reviewed June 2026.