Cable External Rotation
Rotator Cuff
Cable
Beginner
START
END
THE CUE
Elbow pinned at your side at 90 degrees, rotate your forearm outward against the cable. Essential for shoulder health and injury prevention.
MUSCLES WORKED
Infraspinatus, Teres Minor (Rotator Cuff)
Also: Posterior Deltoid
COACH'S NOTE
Elbow at side, rotate outward
How to do it
01
Set a cable at elbow height. Stand sideways to the machine and grab the handle with the hand farthest from the machine.
The full cable external rotation guide is in the app.
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3 more steps
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3 common mistakes and how to fix them
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Animated demo and a rest timer, set by set
Open it in Fittrexx — free
How Fittrexx programs it
isolation · hypertrophy
STYLE
Full gym
WHERE
🔒 In the app
SETS × REPS
🔒 In the app
REST
Fittrexx writes the sets, reps, rest and starting weight for cable external rotation from your goal, experience and gear, then adjusts them as it learns how you recover.
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IN THE APP
Log cable external rotation in seconds.
Weight × reps per set, your previous set shown beside it, and a live bar that tells you whether this session beats last time.
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