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Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row

Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row is a beginner strength exercise using cable. It works the lats, with help from the biceps and middle back.

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Main muscles
lats
Also works
biceps, middle back

How to do it

  1. Attach a single handle to a high pulley and make your weight selection.
  2. Kneel in front of the cable tower, taking the cable with one hand with your arm extended. This will be your starting position.
  3. Starting with your palm facing forward, pull the weight down to your torso by flexing the elbow and retract the shoulder blade. As you do so, rotate the wrist so that at the completion of the movement, your palm is now facing you.
  4. After a brief pause, return to the starting position.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin