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Exercise Details

Target Muscle Group

Middle Back

Equipment Required

Cable Machine

Experience Level

Intermediate

Force Type

Pull

Secondary Muscles

Lats, Biceps

Exercise Description

The rope crossover seated row builds a thick, strong middle back while hitting your lats and biceps. It gives you better posture and serious pulling power.

How To

1. Set the cable crossover machine with pulleys at chest height and attach rope handles to each side. 2. Sit on a bench between the cables, grab both rope handles with palms facing down. 3. Keep your chest up, shoulders back, and pull both ropes straight back toward your ribs. 4. Squeeze your shoulder blades together hard at the end of each rope crossover seated row rep. 5. Slowly return to start position with control, feeling the stretch in your back muscles.

Form Tips

• Keep your chest proud and shoulders pulled back throughout the entire rope crossover seated row movement. • Pull with your back muscles, not your arms - think about squeezing your shoulder blades together. • Don't lean forward or backward - stay upright with a strong core the whole time. • Control the weight on the way back - don't let the cables snap your arms forward.

Common Mistakes

• Rounding your shoulders forward instead of keeping them back and proud during the rope crossover seated row. • Using too much arm and not enough back - you should feel this in your middle back, not just your biceps. • Leaning back to help pull the weight - stay upright and let your back muscles do the work.

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