Cable upper row
Upper back Cable
How to do it
- 1Attach a straight bar to a cable machine at chest height.
- 2Stand facing the machine with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- 3Grip the bar with an overhand grip, hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- 4Keep your back straight and your core braced.
- 5Pull the bar toward your upper chest, squeezing your shoulder blades together.
- 6Pause briefly at the top of the movement.
- 7Slowly release the bar back to the starting position.
- 8Repeat for the desired number of reps.
More upper back exercises
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- Upper back stretchBodyweight
- Standing archerBodyweight
- Chin-ups (narrow parallel grip)Bodyweight
See it moving
In the app every exercise comes with its animation and the muscle marked on the body, with the set timer and the rests counted.
See NiudThis page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.

