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Kneeling high cable row

A compound exercise for the upper back and rear delts, with help from the lats, biceps. Equipment: cable machine.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Kneel facing a high pulley, rope or bar held overhead.
  2. Row toward the upper chest, elbows out
  3. Let the arms reach long again

Muscles worked

Kneeling high cable row: 3D figure mid-rep with the upper back and rear delts highlighted

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