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Cable Front Raise

A two-handed front raise with the cable running between your legs, holding the front deltoid under load from the bottom up.

Primary muscle
Front Delts
Equipment
Cable Machine
Difficulty
Beginner
Movement
Isolation
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How to do it

  1. Set a cable pulley to its lowest position and attach a straight bar or rope handle.
  2. Stand facing away from the stack with the cable running between your legs and your feet shoulder-width apart.
  3. Grip the handle with both hands using an overhand grip and let it rest near your thighs.
  4. Brace your abs and raise both arms straight in front of you with a slight bend in the elbows.
  5. Stop when your hands reach shoulder height and pause briefly.
  6. Lower the handle back toward your thighs under control and repeat.

Common mistakes

  • Leaning back to start the rep, which uses the trunk instead of the front deltoid.
  • Raising the hands well above shoulder height, which hands the work to the traps.
  • Bouncing at the top and dropping the stack, which throws away the constant tension the cable is there for.
  • Stacking it on top of heavy pressing, which piles yet more volume on an already busy anterior deltoid.

Muscles worked

Primary
Front Delts
Secondary
AbsTraps

Same movement, other equipment

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Good to know

What muscles does the Cable Front Raise work?
Mainly the front delts. It also works the abs and traps.
What equipment do you need for the Cable Front Raise?
It uses a cable machine. Without it, the Band External Rotation and the Dumbbell Front Raise train the same muscles the same way.
Is the Cable Front Raise good for beginners?
GymVim rates it beginner.

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