Arms · Cable
Cable Standing Wrist Curl
How to do the cable standing 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 facing a low cable pulley holding the handle with an underhand grip, palms up. Keeping your forearms fixed, curl the handle up using only your wrists, then let it lower under control against the cable tension.
- 1Your forearm flexors working against constant cable tension
- 2Only your wrists moving while your forearms stay still
- 3A smooth squeeze at the top of each rep
Common mistakes
- Letting your elbows bend or upper arms swing
- Letting the cable snap your wrists back down
- Standing too far from the pulley and losing tension at the bottom
Muscles worked
The cable standing wrist curl mainly works the forearms.
- ForearmsPrimary
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More forearms exercises
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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.