Front Cable Raise

A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a cable machine.

Front Cable Raise — Starting position Starting position
Front Cable Raise — End position End position
Difficulty Beginner
Type Strength
Equipment Cable Machine
Primary Muscle Shoulders
AI Rep Counting Log manually

How to Do 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

Front
Back

Primary

Where Front Cable Raise does most of its work.

Alternatives to Front Cable Raise

10 movements that train the same primary muscle, closest substitutes first — same kind of training, then variations of the movement itself, then a similar difficulty.

  1. 1 Front Dumbbell Raise

    Front Dumbbell Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  2. 2 Front Incline Dumbbell Raise

    Front Incline Dumbbell Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  3. 3 Front Two-Dumbbell Raise

    Front Two-Dumbbell Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  4. 4 Side Laterals to Front Raise

    Side Laterals to Front Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  5. 5 Cable Seated Lateral Raise

    Cable Seated Lateral Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a cable machine.

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  6. 6 Front Plate Raise

    Front Plate Raise

    An intermediate isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders.

    intermediate Not specified
  7. 7 Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head

    Standing Dumbbell Straight-Arm Front Delt Raise Above Head

    An intermediate isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  8. 8 Standing Front Barbell Raise Over Head

    Standing Front Barbell Raise Over Head

    An intermediate isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a barbell.

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  9. 9 Alternating Deltoid Raise

    Alternating Deltoid Raise

    A beginner isolation strength exercise that works the shoulders, using dumbbells.

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  10. 10 Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise

    Barbell Incline Shoulder Raise

    A beginner compound strength exercise that works the shoulders, using a barbell.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What muscles do front cable raise work?

Front Cable Raise primarily works the shoulders.

What equipment do I need for front cable raise?

Front Cable Raise uses cable machine.

Front Cable Raise: is it suitable for beginners?

Yes. Front Cable Raise is rated beginner. Movements you can learn in a session, with a low skill floor and a forgiving failure mode.

What can I do instead of front cable raise?

Front Dumbbell Raise, Front Incline Dumbbell Raise, Front Two-Dumbbell Raise train the same primary muscles and are listed with 7 more alternatives above.

Can Fitnit count my front cable raise reps automatically?

Not automatically yet. Fitnit's AI rep counting covers push-ups, squats, dumbbell curls, crunches and pull-ups today; front cable raise can be logged manually in the app, and tracked movements are added over time.

Photographs and step-by-step instructions from free-exercise-db, a public-domain exercise dataset. Muscle mapping and alternatives by Fitnit.

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