Bayesian Cable Curl
Trains biceps first, with real work landing on forearms.
Muscle contribution per set
These are the weights Heatwayve's volume audit actually computes with — deliberately conservative, so compounds don't masquerade as full coverage. A 0.5 means a set counts as half a set for that muscle: meaningful help, not a replacement for direct work.
Tempo
Stretch-emphasis curl: the arm behind the torso lengthens the long head and the cable keeps tension at the bottom; tempo + pause maximises that stimulus, as for the incline curl.
Face away from the stack, elbow behind the body; let the arm straighten fully, then curl without the elbow drifting forward.
Derived from tempo research on this movement class.
How Heatwayve progresses it
Progresses by load in +0.5kg steps, or one rung of the stack — small muscles, small increments, long patience.
Swap it for
- Incline DB CurlDumbbell
- DB CurlDumbbell
Same movement pattern, same progression continuity — these are the alternatives the app offers mid-session when a rack is taken or equipment isn't there.
Knowing the numbers is one thing; hitting them for fifty weeks is another. Open Heatwayve — it prescribes the weight, holds you to the tempo, and runs this arithmetic on every set you log so the week actually adds up.