Face Pull

Start

Finish

How to do it

Pull the rope toward the forehead, elbows high, finishing with hands beside the ears and thumbs back.

Muscles worked

Primary: shoulders · Also works: upper back, rotator cuff

Equipment

Cables, Resistance bands, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Using too much weight
• Letting the elbows drop

Variations

• Band face pull
• Half-kneeling face pull

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Resistance Band Row
• Single-Arm Dumbbell Row

Related exercises

• Standing Overhead Pressshoulders
• Pike Push-Upshoulders
• Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders
• Shoulder Controlled Rotationsshoulders
• Cable Lateral Raiseshoulders
• Battle Ropesshoulders