Wide-Grip Seated Cable Row

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Watch Wide-Grip Seated Cable Row

Technique

How to perform Wide-Grip Seated Cable Row

1. Sit at the cable-row station with your feet braced and take a wide palms-down grip on the handle.
2. Begin with your arms extended and your torso upright.
3. Pull the handle toward your lower chest while keeping your elbows high and flared outward.
4. Draw your shoulder blades toward one another as your elbows travel back.
5. Keep your torso steady instead of leaning backward to finish the pull.
6. Extend your arms under control and allow your shoulder blades to move forward.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Posterior Deltoid, Rhomboid Major, Trapezius.