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One-arm cable row

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

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Pulley at waist height, one handle.
  2. Pull the elbow back past the ribs
  3. Don't twist the torso

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