Cable high row (kneeling)
Upper back Cable
How to do it
- 1Attach a straight bar to a cable machine at chest height.
- 2Kneel facing the cable machine and grip the bar with an overhand grip, hands shoulder-width apart.
- 3Sit back on your heels, keeping your back straight and your core braced.
- 4Pull the bar toward your upper abdomen, squeezing your shoulder blades together.
- 5Pause for a moment at the top of the movement, then slowly release the bar back to the starting position.
- 6Repeat for the desired number of reps.
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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.

