Front Cable Raise

How to do the Front Cable Raise

1. Select the weight on a low pulley machine and grasp the single hand cable attachment that is attached to the low pulley with your left hand.
2. Face away from the pulley and put your arm straight down with the hand cable attachment in front of your thighs at arms' length with the palms of the hand facing your thighs. This will be your starting position.
3. While maintaining the torso stationary (no swinging), lift the left arm to the front with a slight bend on the elbow and the palms of the hand always faces down. Continue to go up until you arm is slightly above parallel to the floor. Exhale as you execute this portion of the movement and pause for a second at the top.
4. Now as you inhale lower the arm back down slowly to the starting position.
5. Once all of the recommended amount of repetitions have been performed for this arm, switch arms and perform the exercise with the right one.

Muscles worked

Role	Muscles
Primary	shoulders
Equipment	cable machine
Difficulty	beginner
Type	isolation

No cable machine? Train the same muscles with these

Ordered by how likely you are to own the 6 options.

Lateral Raise - With Bands Resistance Bands Alternating Deltoid Raise Dumbbell Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise Dumbbell Dumbbell Scaption Dumbbell Front Dumbbell Raise Dumbbell Front Incline Dumbbell Raise Dumbbell

Harder than the Front Cable Raise

Push Press expert · Barbell Clean and Jerk expert · Barbell Circus Bell expert · Other Equipment

Superset the Front Cable Raise with

Opposing lats work — alternate sets without extra rest.

Cable Incline Pushdown lats Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown lats Straight-Arm Pulldown lats Close-Grip Front Lat Pulldown lats

Common questions

What muscles does the Front Cable Raise work?

The Front Cable Raise primarily works the shoulders. Alternating Deltoid Raise, Car Drivers, and Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise train the same muscle, across 9 equipment types.

What equipment do you need for the Front Cable Raise?

A Cable Machine. Without a cable machine, Lateral Raise - With Bands, Alternating Deltoid Raise, and Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise train the same muscle, and 10 of the catalogue's options for this muscle need no equipment.

Is the Front Cable Raise suitable for beginners?

Yes, the Front Cable Raise is rated beginner. Push Press, Clean and Jerk, and Circus Bell are the progressions from here.

Where should the Front Cable Raise go in a workout?

Late — the Front Cable Raise is isolation work, so it follows your compounds. Supersetting it with Cable Incline Pushdown and Rope Straight-Arm Pulldown cuts session time without extra rest.

Similar exercises

Alternating Deltoid Raise Dumbbell Car Drivers Barbell Dumbbell Incline Shoulder Raise Dumbbell Dumbbell Scaption Dumbbell Front Dumbbell Raise Dumbbell Front Incline Dumbbell Raise Dumbbell