Strength · Horizontal pull · Cable
Close-Grip Cable Row
Close-Grip Cable Row is a strength exercise on a cable machine that mainly works the lats, with help from the upper back and biceps.
How to do it
- Feet on the platform, knees slightly bent
- Sit tall with a neutral back
- Pull the handle to the belly, elbows close and back
- Squeeze the shoulder blades, then let the arms reach forward
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 8–12 reps with 2:00 rest. When every set reaches 12 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Lats
Also
- Upper back
- Biceps
Joints it loads
- Grip and forearms some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of close-grip cable row, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.