Cable Front Raise

Cable Front Raise trains 2 of the 18 muscle groups Full Coverage tracks: Front delts 85%, Side delts 20%.

Accessory Level: Beginner Cable machine Push Easy on the lower backEasy on the kneesNo load on the spineEasy on the shoulders

Cable Front Raise - Start position — Start position

Cable Front Raise - Finish position — Finish position

How to do it

Set a straight bar or rope on the low pulley and stand facing away from the stack.
Hold it in front of your thighs, arms straight with a slight fixed bend.
Raise it straight out in front to shoulder height.
Lower slowly against the cable.
The cable keeps tension at the bottom, where a dumbbell front raise is weightless.

Muscles it trains

Percent of one session's target for that muscle. Anything at 100% finishes that muscle on its own.

Light Main

Front delts 85%
Side delts 20%

How it compares

Compared with the Front Raises, it loads Side delts 20 points higher. It needs Cable machine where the other uses Dumbbells. Compared with the Cable Chest Press, it loads Chest 90 points lower, Front delts 50 points higher, Triceps 45 points lower.

Other ways to train this

Front Raises Dumbbells

Other exercises for the Front delts

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Exercise illustrations and data by RepDB (repdb.co), used under licence.

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