# Cable High Row

URL: https://heatsy.app/ex/cable-high-row

Also known as: High Cable Row, Kneeling High Row, Cable Straight Back High Row

Body region: Back, Shoulders

## Muscles

- Main: Deltoid, Trapezius, Rhomboids
- Helps: Latissimus Dorsi, Teres Major, Biceps, Brachialis
- Holds: Rectus Abdominis, Flexor Digitorum Superficialis

## Equipment

- Cable Station or Lat Pulldown Machine

## Technique

1. Set a bar or two handles on a high pulley and sit or kneel facing it.
2. Hold the handles with arms extended forward and upward.
3. Pull toward your upper chest, keeping the elbows high and wide.
4. Return slowly until the arms are straight.

### Cues

- Squeeze the shoulder blades together at the end.
- Keep the elbows at about shoulder height.

### Common mistakes

- Leaning far back to move the stack.
- Dropping the elbows so it turns into a pulldown.

## Variations

- [Alternating Cable High Row](https://heatsy.app/ex/alternating-cable-high-row)
- [Wide-Grip High Cable Row](https://heatsy.app/ex/high-cable-row-wide-grip)
- [One-Arm High Cable Row](https://heatsy.app/ex/one-arm-high-cable-row)
- [Seated V-Bar Cable High Row](https://heatsy.app/ex/seated-v-bar-cable-high-row)

## Alternatives

- [Face Pull](https://heatsy.app/ex/face-pull)
- [Seated Cable Row](https://heatsy.app/ex/seated-cable-row)