It locks you in the vertical plane but your body has to be in just the right position relative to the bar.
Cable machine workout routine back.
Keep the upper arms in a horizontal path at shoulder height and maintain stiff elbow position throughout the duration of the exercise.
Perfect for beginners all the way up through advanced.
The exercise builds rotational core strength.
Step back away from the machine so the cable is taut and pull the cables out to the sides.
Grab the left cable with your right hand and the right cable with your left hand.
The cable machine is a great way to add some variety to your usual strength training routine and add some core strengthening benefits.
The cable machine is the perfect platform for extra isolation work.
This machine works very well as a first exercise for a back routine because of how it stretches your whole upper body especially the lats.
Cable machine exercises are an effective way to build strength in many muscle groups.
Do bent over rows toward the start of your back workout for heavy sets in lower rep ranges about 6 8 or 8 10 the smith version is a suitable substitute.
The x row is another great exercise to target your back and build great posture.
Use a cable machine to quickly put together an extremely effective full body workout.
Try these 13 exercises.
8 of the best upper body exercises you can do on a cable crossover machine.
Also known as pulley exercises this equipment can add variety to your workout and help break a fitness plateau.
By pulling from such a unique angle you ll hammer the muscles at your mid back and at your rotator cuff to avoid shoulder injuries.
I feel that this exercise serves as a good warm up exercise to get your back ready for heavy lat pull downs and bent rows.
Use a cable crossover machine.
If you ve got a problem this machine is your solution.
The only cable circuit workout you need.
Cable exercises that will tone and strengthen your chest arms shoulders and back.
The cable low to high chop is a terrific exercises to perform on a cable machine because the movement is difficult to replicate with free weights.