How do you perform this exercise?
- Adjust the seat height and position yourself on the machine with your chest against the pad and your feet flat on the floor.
- Grasp the handles with a parallel grip, palms facing each other, and keep your arms slightly bent.
- Exhale and squeeze your shoulder blades together as you pull the handles back and outward, away from your body.
- Pause for a moment at the peak contraction, then inhale and slowly return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Trapezius, Rhomboids.
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.
