Cable Flyes
Cable Flyes are a great warmup exercise as well as a great finishing movement. Really you can benefit from cable flyes anytime you really want to focus on contracting and isolating the pecs.
Primary Muscles Used
Cable Flyes
- Pick a weight that feels comfortable, not heavy. Isolation exercises are meant to focus on the squeeze, not on the overall weight.
- Put the cable setting on a setting between head level and the highest option.
- Grab a handle in each hand and stand directly in the middle of the two weight stacks.
- Raise your elbows and hands up and step forward slightly.
- Let your hands stretch back as far as they can comfortably go, letting your chest stretch.
- Slowly bring your hands together in front of you, keeping your elbows up and slightly bent. You want to keep your hands and forearms in direct line with the cables.
- Think of hugging a tree.
- When your hands touch squeeze your chest.
- Slowly return to the starting position.
- Repeat.
Tim's list of benefits for the Chest Flyes
- Standing you must really engage your core, working your lower back and abdominals.
- Cable Chest Flyes are great for adding a little extra squeeze into any exercise. Try supersetting this exercise with a heavy press.
- If you have any injury, this exercise is a great way to continue working the pecs and avoid atrophy.
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