Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / recovery
Face pull
Rope at face height, thumbs back, ribs down.
Muscles
- Primary
- rear delts
- Supporting
- rotator cuff, mid back
Mechanics
- Pattern
- scapular control
- Equipment
- cable, band
- Geometry
- Variable Range
- Energy model
- Aerobic Stability (>90s)
- Target feel
- Rear delts and upper back open the rope without neck tension.
- Progression
- Add pause quality before load.
- Regression
- Use band pull-aparts as a warm-up if cable station is taken.
Watch for
- Shrugging
- Pulling too low
Substitutions
- Band pull-apart
- Reverse pec deck
- Cable Y-raise