Cable Exercises

A cable stack keeps tension on the muscle for the whole rep, including the positions where a dumbbell goes weightless. Because you set the pulley height and stand where you like, you can attack a muscle from angles free weights cannot reach: crossovers from above, pushdowns from a high pulley, low rows and front raises from the floor. That makes cables the best tool on the floor for isolation and for the stretched end of a movement.

Why train with cable

• Constant tension through the full rep, including lockout and stretch
• Any pulley height and body angle for lines free weights cannot copy
• Small load jumps make progressive overload easy on small muscles
• Joint-friendly enough to train hard when heavy pressing is off the table