Cable exercises
Cable machines keep tension on the muscle through the whole range and let you pull from almost any height and angle. They suit isolation work and higher reps, but they need a gym and are less suited to building heavy, whole-body strength.
Tips
- Adjust the pulley height so the cable lines up with the direction the muscle pulls.
- Step far enough from the stack that the weight does not touch down between reps.
- Try different handles: a rope, straight bar or single handle changes how an exercise feels.
Cable exercises for abs
- Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends
- Cable Crunch
- Cable Judo Flip
- Cable Reverse Crunch
- Cable Russian Twists
- Cable Seated Crunch
- Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists
- One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends
- Pallof Press
- Pallof Press With Rotation
- Rope Crunch
- Standing Cable Lift
Cable exercises for biceps
- Cable Hammer Curls - Rope Attachment
- Cable Preacher Curl
- Lying Close-Grip Bar Curl On High Pulley
- Reverse Cable Curl
- Standing Biceps Cable Curl
- High Cable Curls
- Lying Cable Curl
- Overhead Cable Curl
- Standing One-Arm Cable Curl
Cable exercises for chest
- Cable Chest Press
- Cable Crossover
- Cable Iron Cross
- Incline Cable Chest Press
- Low Cable Crossover
- Single-Arm Cable Crossover
- Standing Cable Chest Press
- Flat Bench Cable Flyes
- Incline Cable Flye
Cable exercises for lats
- Cable Incline Pushdown
- Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown
- Kneeling High Pulley Row
- Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row
- One Arm Lat Pulldown
- Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown
- Seated Cable Rows
- Shotgun Row
- Straight-Arm Pulldown
- Underhand Cable Pulldowns
- Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown
- Elevated Cable Rows
Cable exercises for obliques
- Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends
- Cable Crunch
- Cable Judo Flip
- Cable Reverse Crunch
- Cable Russian Twists
- Cable Seated Crunch
- Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists
- One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends
- Pallof Press
- Pallof Press With Rotation
- Rope Crunch
- Standing Cable Lift
Cable exercises for shoulders
- Alternating Cable Shoulder Press
- Bent Over Low-Pulley Side Lateral
- Cable Internal Rotation
- Cable Rear Delt Fly
- Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows
- Cable Seated Lateral Raise
- Cable Shoulder Press
- External Rotation with Cable
- Front Cable Raise
- Low Pulley Row To Neck
- Seated Cable Shoulder Press
- Standing Low-Pulley Deltoid Raise
Cable exercises for traps
Cable exercises for triceps
- Cable Incline Triceps Extension
- Cable Lying Triceps Extension
- Cable One Arm Tricep Extension
- Cable Rope Overhead Triceps Extension
- Low Cable Triceps Extension
- Reverse Grip Triceps Pushdown
- Triceps Overhead Extension with Rope
- Triceps Pushdown
- Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment
- Triceps Pushdown - V-Bar Attachment
- Kneeling Cable Triceps Extension
- Standing Low-Pulley One-Arm Triceps Extension
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