Cross body Cable Rows
- Adjust a cable pulley system with handles above shoulder level.
- Grab each side of the pulley system with opposite hands. Your arms will form an X shape.
- With a tight core, pull each side of pulley system, expanding your chest while tightening your back.
- Hold the contraction in your back and slowly bring your arms back to the starting point.
- Repeat.
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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. Foam roller lat stretch, inverted rows / reverse pull-ups and single / one arm dumbbell bench rows 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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