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Front Cable Raise

Works the shoulders.

Front Cable Raise, start position, with the working muscles highlighted
Start
Front Cable Raise, finish position, with the working muscles highlighted
Finish

Bright blue is the target muscle. Darker blue is helping. The app shows this as a moving demo.

Muscles worked

shoulders

How many reps

GoalReps per set
Strength4-6
Muscle size8-12
Endurance12-20+

Whatever the number, the set should end within a rep or two of the point where you could not do another with good form.

KitCable
LevelBeginner

What to think about

How to do it

  1. Select the weight on a low pulley machine and grasp the single hand cable attachment that is attached to the low pulley with your left hand.
  2. Face away from the pulley and put your arm straight down with the hand cable attachment in front of your thighs at arms' length with the palms of the hand facing your thighs. This will be your starting position.
  3. While maintaining the torso stationary (no swinging), lift the left arm to the front with a slight bend on the elbow and the palms of the hand always faces down. Continue to go up until you arm is slightly above parallel to the floor. Exhale as you execute this portion of the movement and pause for a second at the top.
  4. Now as you inhale lower the arm back down slowly to the starting position.
  5. Once all of the recommended amount of repetitions have been performed for this arm, switch arms and perform the exercise with the right one.

Other exercises for the shoulders

Track it in LiftSets

Log Front Cable Raise with last time's numbers in front of you, a rest timer on your lock screen and a graph of your progress.

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