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Cable curl
Arms · Cable
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 4
Reps10 to 15
RIR0 to 2
Single-joint work responds to reps and time under tension more than to heavy load.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Biceps.
Secondary: Forearms.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norwegian Kabelcurl
- Swedish Kabelcurl
- Danish Kabelcurl
- German Bizepscurl am Kabel
- Spanish Curl en polea
- Italian Curl ai cavi
- Portuguese Rosca direta (polia)
- Russian Сгибание рук на нижнем блоке
- French Curl à la poulie
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