Group: General Fitness & Exercise

General Fitness & Exercise
Created: 2011/12/31, Members: 382, Messages: 54581

Various general exercise related discussions. Find out what it takes to reach your fitness goals through daily effective exercise. With so many options we try to find out what works best.

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Bench Question

rebfootball
rebfootball
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2003/02/13, 06:47 PM
I have a cable machine with a sit up bench press and I was wondering if it would help any muscles by doing it backwards. So you are pulling the weight too you instead of pushing it away from you.
ageis
ageis
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2003/02/13, 08:00 PM
of course it's gonna help muscles doing it backwards. Lats, traps, delts back.. etc.

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rebfootball
rebfootball
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2003/02/13, 09:11 PM
ok just making sure i wasnt going to be wasting my time if i start doing it
Ravenbeauty
Ravenbeauty
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2003/02/13, 10:25 PM
it will also add a great resistance exercise to your program as well.

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mackfactor
mackfactor
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2003/02/14, 12:55 PM
Doing the motion backwards is essentially a cable row. It works your a portion of your lats called the scapulae retractors. Make sure to pull your shoulder blades together as you go through the motion.

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