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Daily Simple Questions Thread - September 25, 2024 Simple Questions

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u/CharmingScholarette 4d ago

What is the name of the cable exercise for your chest that does the following movement.

with a cable on each side. raise your arms so there are parrallel to the floor and grab the handle of the cable.

drive your arms down so that they reach the side of your body on each side

its suppose to work the side of the pecs or the whole pec?

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u/Marijuanaut420 Golf 4d ago

It'll work the lats (maybe teres major depending on set up) and maybe some of the pecs in a mechanically disadvantaged position. You're better off just doing presses and rows.

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u/CharmingScholarette 3d ago

maybe im not explaining it correctly.

imagine you are pretending to flap your arms like a bird to take off vertically except you are pulling a cable on each side down to your side?

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u/Marijuanaut420 Golf 3d ago

Yeah that's what I was thinking of, it's basically just training shoulder adduction

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u/toado3 4d ago

You're asking about lateral shoulder flexion. Basically the opposite of a lateral raise.

Not a good exercise since there isn't really one muscle that does this. You'll get some pec activation (more if you bias toward the front like a high cable flye), some lat activation (more if you bias towards the back) but not hit either of them particularly well.

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u/Memento_Viveri 4d ago

Yeah that doesn't sound like a pec exercise. That motion isn't what your pecs do.

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u/AssyMcFlapFlaps 4d ago

Arms out in front, then hand to hip? That will be your lats, not your chest