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- Kneeling high cable row
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
- Setup: Kneel facing a high pulley, rope or bar held overhead.
- Row toward the upper chest, elbows out
- Let the arms reach long again
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