How do you perform this exercise?
- Adjust the cable pulley to a high position and attach a straight bar.
- Sit facing the cable machine with your feet flat on the ground and your knees slightly bent.
- Grasp the bar with an overhand grip, slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Lean back slightly and keep your chest up, maintaining a slight arch in your lower back.
- Pull the bar down towards your chest, leading with your elbows and squeezing your shoulder blades together.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom of the movement, then slowly return the bar to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Biceps, Rhomboids, Rear deltoids.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
