Arms · Cable
Cable Standing Back Wrist Curl
How to do the cable standing back wrist curl, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Stand with your back to a low cable pulley holding the handle behind you at arm's length, palms facing back. Keeping your arm straight, curl the handle up using only your wrist, then let it lower under control against the cable tension.
- 1Your forearm flexors loaded by constant cable tension
- 2Only your wrist curling while your arm stays straight
- 3A smooth squeeze at the top of each rep
Common mistakes
- Bending your elbow or letting your arm swing
- Letting the cable pull your wrist back down too fast
- Leaning forward to help lift the handle
Muscles worked
The cable standing back wrist curl mainly works the forearms.
- ForearmsPrimary
Kovo programs the cable standing back wrist curl for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More forearms exercises
- How to do the wrist curl
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- How to do the farmers walk
- How to do the forearm extensor stretch
- How to do the forearm flexor stretch
- How to do the medicine ball hussafel carry
Last reviewed June 2026.