Shoulders · Cable · Compound · Intermediate
Face Pull
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Shoulders
- Also working
- Upper Back
How to do it
- Facing a high pulley with a rope or dual handles attached, pull the weight directly towards your face, separating your hands as you do so. Keep your upper arms parallel to the ground.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the shoulders as its main muscle and is also a pull, on a different piece of equipment.
Other shoulder exercises
- External Rotation · Dumbbell
- External Rotation with Band · Bands
- External Rotation with Cable · Cable
- Front Cable Raise · Cable
- Front Dumbbell Raise · Dumbbell
- Front Incline Dumbbell Raise · Dumbbell
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