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Isolation · Intermediate

Cable Upright Row

Compound isolation exercise using cable.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Intermediate
Equipment
Cable
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Frontal

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How to do the Cable Upright Row

Not yet reviewed — the technique guide for this exercise hasn't been signed off, so it isn't published here yet.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Shoulder abductionprimary action

    Medial deltoid (prime mover, high emphasis); Anterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Supraspinatus (synergist, low emphasis); Serratus anterior (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Scapula elevationprimary action

    Trapezius (prime mover, high emphasis)

  • Elbow flexionsecondary action

    Biceps brachii (synergist, moderate emphasis); Brachialis (synergist, moderate emphasis); Brachioradialis (synergist, moderate emphasis)

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