By muscle
| Muscle | Exercises | |
|---|---|---|
| abs | 14 | All abs exercises → |
| lats | 14 | All lats exercises → |
| shoulders | 13 | All shoulders exercises → |
| triceps | 12 | All triceps exercises → |
| chest | 9 | All chest exercises → |
| biceps | 9 | All biceps exercises → |
| quads | 2 | All quads exercises → |
| traps | 2 | All traps exercises → |
| forearms | 2 | All forearms exercises → |
| glutes | 2 | All glutes exercises → |
| middle back | 2 | All middle back exercises → |
Cable Machine workout routines
Cable Machine chest workout 8 exercises · sets and reps included Cable Machine back workout 16 exercises · sets and reps included Cable Machine shoulders workout 13 exercises · sets and reps included Cable Machine arms workout 21 exercises · sets and reps included Cable Machine core workout 14 exercises · sets and reps included
Common questions
How many exercises can you do with cable machine?
81 in this catalogue, covering 11 different primary muscles. 65 are beginner-rated and 32 are compound movements.
Can you build a full-body workout with only cable machine?
Yes. Cable Machine covers 11 primary muscles here — including abs, lats, shoulders, triceps — which is enough for a complete full-body rotation without any other equipment.
What is the best cable machine exercise for beginners?
Alternating Cable Shoulder Press is a reasonable first pick — beginner-rated, compound, and it carries over to most other cable machine movements.
All 81 cable machine exercises
Alternating Cable Shoulder Press shoulders · beginner Bent Over Low-Pulley Side Lateral shoulders · beginner Bosu Ball Cable Crunch With Side Bends abs · beginner Cable Chest Press chest · beginner Cable Crossover chest · beginner Cable Crunch abs · beginner Cable Deadlifts quads · beginner Cable Hammer Curls - Rope Attachment biceps · beginner Cable Hip Adduction quads · beginner Cable Incline Pushdown lats · beginner Cable Incline Triceps Extension triceps · beginner Cable Internal Rotation shoulders · beginner Cable Iron Cross chest · beginner Cable Judo Flip abs · beginner Cable Lying Triceps Extension triceps · beginner Cable One Arm Tricep Extension triceps · beginner Cable Preacher Curl biceps · beginner Cable Rear Delt Fly shoulders · beginner Cable Reverse Crunch abs · beginner Cable Rope Overhead Triceps Extension triceps · beginner Cable Rope Rear-Delt Rows shoulders · beginner Cable Russian Twists abs · beginner Cable Seated Crunch abs · beginner Cable Seated Lateral Raise shoulders · beginner Cable Shoulder Press shoulders · beginner Cable Shrugs traps · beginner Cable Wrist Curl forearms · beginner Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown lats · beginner Elevated Cable Rows lats · intermediate External Rotation with Cable shoulders · beginner Face Pull shoulders · intermediate Flat Bench Cable Flyes chest · intermediate Front Cable Raise shoulders · beginner Full Range-Of-Motion Lat Pulldown lats · intermediate High Cable Curls biceps · intermediate Incline Cable Chest Press chest · beginner Incline Cable Flye chest · intermediate Kneeling Cable Crunch With Alternating Oblique Twists abs · beginner Kneeling Cable Triceps Extension triceps · intermediate Kneeling High Pulley Row lats · beginner Kneeling Single-Arm High Pulley Row lats · beginner Low Cable Crossover chest · beginner Low Cable Triceps Extension triceps · beginner Low Pulley Row To Neck shoulders · beginner Lying Cable Curl biceps · intermediate Lying Close-Grip Bar Curl On High Pulley biceps · beginner One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends abs · beginner One-Legged Cable Kickback glutes · intermediate One Arm Lat Pulldown lats · beginner Overhead Cable Curl biceps · intermediate Pallof Press abs · beginner Pallof Press With Rotation abs · beginner Pull Through glutes · beginner Reverse Cable Curl biceps · beginner Reverse Grip Triceps Pushdown triceps · beginner Rope Crunch abs · beginner Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown lats · beginner Seated Cable Rows middle back · beginner Seated Cable Shoulder Press shoulders · beginner Seated One-arm Cable Pulley Rows middle back · intermediate Seated Two-Arm Palms-Up Low-Pulley Wrist Curl forearms · beginner Shotgun Row lats · beginner Single-Arm Cable Crossover chest · beginner Standing Biceps Cable Curl biceps · beginner Standing Cable Chest Press chest · beginner Standing Cable Lift abs · beginner Standing Cable Wood Chop abs · beginner Standing Low-Pulley Deltoid Raise shoulders · beginner Standing Low-Pulley One-Arm Triceps Extension triceps · intermediate Standing One-Arm Cable Curl biceps · intermediate Standing Rope Crunch abs · beginner Straight-Arm Pulldown lats · beginner Triceps Overhead Extension with Rope triceps · beginner Triceps Pushdown triceps · beginner Triceps Pushdown - Rope Attachment triceps · beginner Triceps Pushdown - V-Bar Attachment triceps · beginner Underhand Cable Pulldowns lats · beginner Upright Cable Row traps · intermediate V-Bar Pulldown lats · intermediate Wide-Grip Lat Pulldown lats · beginner Wide-Grip Pulldown Behind The Neck lats · intermediate
Generate a cable machine workout
Pick cable machine as your only equipment and the generator builds the whole session from these 81 exercises.
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