The library
Isolation

Cable Hip Abduction

Trains glutes first, with real work landing on core.

Muscle contribution per set

Glutes1
Core.15

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

3down
0pause
2up
0squeeze

Slow tempo keeps glute med/min under constant tension; minimises momentum common in standing abduction.

Stand tall, slight hinge if needed; lead with heel.

Derived from tempo research on this movement class.

How Heatwayve progresses it

Progresses by load in +0.5kg steps. Isolation work is where the honest-volume ledger pays off — compounds alone don't cover it.

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.