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10 Cable Face Pull Mistakes and How to Fix Them

Renaissance Periodization

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This series will zoom in on one exercise at a time and point out common errors and how you can fix them. At the end of the day, nothing is dogma, and your technique should be the one that gives you the highest stimulus at the lowest cost of fatigue. To make sure you're getting the best of both worlds, check out our SFR video: Technique Problems Series Introduction & ...

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20 Comments

@DrMiloWolf 6 years ago Pinned

0:12 Opening remarks
0:32 Mistake #1 - Not enough ROM
1:45 Mistake #2 - Too much ROM
2:47 Mistake #3 - No standardized ROM
4:37 Mistake #4 - Not controlling the eccentric
6:48 Mistake #5 - Not leading with the elbows
8:19 Mistake #6 - Where to pull
11:16 Mistake #7 - Using body english or momentum
11:43 Mistake #8 - Technical absolutism
13:14 Mistake #9 - Letting your grip limit you
14:15 Mistake #10 - Going too heavy
15:22 Concluding remarks

@gracefool 6 years ago

"Some people think everything in the gym will get you hurt"

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@spencer.eccles 6 years ago

A new facepull leader has risen

@steel_and_stones 6 years ago

"Enjoy face-pulling, so your side delts, rear delts and trapz get so big that you... finally find happiness"

-Warm words from a kind heart

@element9854 6 years ago

something something Jeff Cavaliere

@michellacorte3505 6 years ago

Love how Mike explains everything in great detail. You'd think he was a doctor or something.

@charlescagle2090 6 years ago

loved the format- just my opinion, I like these videos a lot better when you are doing the demonstrating yourself, the whole thing comes off smoother than trying to get another person to demonstrate exactly what you’re saying. keep the great content coming, i haven’t missed a one.

@bobbanks4277 3 years ago

So much more encouraging than the plethora of "You are doing it wrong unless you do it exactly like me" online vids which can really demoralise if you just can't. I'm new to Dr. Mike's content and new to lifting weights (despite bing in the second half of my 6th decade). Many aren't overly relevant to me but I still enjoy watching and learning

@roman.performance 6 years ago

15:25 Mike so charismatic ;DD

@kdzirkalis4293 6 years ago (edited)

*Wild Jeff appears*

@turntablesrockmyworld9315 2 years ago

I use thumbs-up grip, it is not as awkward when pulling and is less stressful on wrist and provides greater external rotation.

@Th3Freek 6 years ago

Jeff is having a heart attack right now

@Lynx799 5 years ago

9:00 the time where we talk position of the cable and how it effects what muscles are targeted

@JammyRick 2 years ago

Great to come across this 3 year old tutorial. ~Thanks ~

@bigdude382 3 years ago (edited)

Two of thee best fitness channels...Renaissance Periodization and Wenning Strength. If many of us, myself definitely included, had info like this available to us in the 80's and 90's, instead of all the broscience and trial and error, a lot of us would've been either onstage or placing in strength meets.

@jayinjapan 5 years ago

Me thinking in the gym: “I’m not sure I’m doing facepulls correctly”

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@bultvidxxxix9973 4 years ago

11:07 Great tip. I tried using a straight bar and I can really feel it hit my nose muscles.

@cpgupta561 5 years ago

Love how in depth your videos are for mistakes, very systematic explanations and no black and white absolutisms

@chrisrose323 2 years ago

I have a wierd tip. When I learned some armwrestling training I bought a cheap budo belt from a thrift store to do arm wrestling exercises.

After a while I realised I could use it for all kind of exercises. Facepull is one of them.

Instead of using versa grips and other stuff on the ropes, you just rotate it around your hand.

With a budo belt you can change the way you pull by using long or short grip.

I use it for triceps, forearms, facepulls, standing crunches and even stretching. Its like something from an infomercial 😂