Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / arms
Rope cable curl
Cable low, elbows slightly in front, wrists neutral.
Muscles
- Primary
- biceps
- Supporting
- forearms
Mechanics
- Pattern
- elbow flexion
- Equipment
- cable
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Biceps shorten while shoulders stay quiet.
- Progression
- Add reps before load; keep peak squeeze visible.
- Regression
- Use dumbbells if cable station is taken.
Watch for
- Leaning back
- Letting elbows drift behind torso
Substitutions
- EZ-bar curl
- Dumbbell curl
- Bayesian cable curl