Cross body Cable Rows
- Adjust a cable pulley system with the handle resting at about shin level
- Stand next to the cable and pivot at the hips to bend over at about a 45-degree angle
- Reach across your body with the hand that’s farthest from the cable and take a firm grip of the handle
- Bring the handle across your body without rotating your torso, using mostly your lat muscle
- After tensing at the peak, allow the cable to pull its way, in a controlled way, back to the starting position
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Cross body cable rows is a gym work out exercise that targets lower back and middle back / lats and also involves abs and biceps. Refer to the illustration diagram and instructions above for how to perform this exercise correctly. Standing two-armed bent over dumbbell rows, negative pull-ups / pullups and nustep machine / recumbent cross trainer are related exercise that target the same muscle groups as cross body cable rows. Visit our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises to try in your workouts.
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