How do you perform this exercise?
- Attach a rope to a cable machine at waist height.
- Stand facing the cable machine with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- Bend your knees and lower your body into a squat position, keeping your back straight and chest up.
- Grasp the rope with an overhand grip, with your hands shoulder-width apart.
- Engage your core and pull the rope towards your body, squeezing your shoulder blades together.
- Keep your elbows close to your body and continue pulling until your hands reach your chest.
- Pause for a moment at the top of the movement, then slowly release the rope and extend your arms back 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.
