Cable exercises

What a cable is good for

A cable keeps the muscle under tension through the whole rep, top to bottom, because the weight is pulling against a line rather than against gravity. Change the pulley height and you change the angle of the resistance, which is why one stack covers so much.

It is gym equipment: there is no home version that behaves the same way, though a band clipped to a door anchor is the nearest thing.

Every cable exercise

Chest

• Cable FlyIntermediate · Isolation
• Low-to-High Cable CrossoverIntermediate · Isolation

Back

• Seated Cable RowBeginner · Compound
• Straight-Arm PulldownIntermediate · Isolation

Traps

• Face PullBeginner · Isolation
• Cable Upright RowIntermediate · Compound

Shoulders

• Cable Lateral RaiseIntermediate · Isolation
• Cable Front RaiseBeginner · Isolation

Biceps

• Cable CurlBeginner · Isolation

Triceps

• Cable PushdownBeginner · Isolation
• Overhead Cable ExtensionBeginner · Isolation
• Cable Triceps KickbackBeginner · Isolation

Abs & Core

• Cable CrunchBeginner · Isolation
• Pallof PressBeginner · Isolation

Hamstrings

• Cable Pull-ThroughBeginner · Compound

Glutes

• Cable Glute KickbackBeginner · Isolation

Other kit

• Dumbbell
• Bodyweight
• Barbell
• Machine
• Resistance band
• Kettlebell