18 cable machine exercises, sorted by difficulty
Every movement in Handler's library that uses cable machine. 6 are beginner-friendly. Filter by muscle, or open any exercise for form cues, common mistakes, programming ranges by goal, and modifications for sensitive joints.
Library data updated Handler exercise library
- Exercises
- 18
- With video demo
- 18
- Bodyweight
- 0
- Timed holds/intervals
- 0
Cable machine exercises by muscle
Other equipment
Beginner (6)
Intermediate (12)
- Cable Chest PressChest · Cable machine · Video
- Cable Face PullRear delts, Upper back · Cable machine · Video
- Cable Glute KickbackGlutes · Cable machine · Video
- Cable Hip AbductionGlute medius · Cable machine · Video
- Cable Lateral RaiseSide delts · Cable machine · Video
- Cable Overhead PressShoulders · Cable machine · Video
- Cable Straight-Arm PulldownLats · Cable machine · Video
- Cable WoodchopObliques, Core · Cable machine · Video
- Half-Kneeling Pallof PressObliques, Core · Cable machine · Video
- Kneeling Cable Lat PrayerLats · Cable machine · Video
- Single-Arm Cable PulldownLats · Cable machine · Video
- Single-Arm Cable RowLats, Upper back · Cable machine · Video
Questions about this list
How many cable machine exercises are in the database?
18 exercises in Handler's library use cable machine. 6 are tagged beginner.
Which muscles can you train with cable machine?
The most common primary muscles in this list are lats (5), upper back (3), obliques (3), core (3). Use the muscle filters above to narrow the list.
Where are cable machine exercises usually programmed?
The library tags these movements for commercial gym, small gym, hotel gym setups, so the coach can pick them when that equipment is available.
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