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Isolation · Beginner

Seated Cable Fly

Isolation isolation exercise using cable, bench.
Movement pattern
Isolation
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Cable, Bench
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Transverse

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How to do the Seated Cable Fly

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 horizontal adductionprimary action

    Pectoralis major (prime mover, high emphasis); Pectoralis major (prime mover, moderate emphasis); Anterior deltoid (synergist, moderate emphasis); Biceps brachii (synergist, low emphasis); Pectoralis minor (stabilizer, low emphasis); Serratus anterior (stabilizer, low emphasis)

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