A90 Cable Pulley - 8 Unknown Uses
Are you one of those athletes who thinks cable pulleys are a mere substitute for lat machines? Good news: You are wrong!
Below we list eight different uses that will bring the most value out of your pulley investment.
When training your back, you should hit it from all kinds of different angles. Be it pull-overs, rows, bent-over rows or face pulls - your cable pulley lets you perform an (almost) complete back workout anywhere. But why "almost"? Check out the next paragraphs, especially #4.
Simply attach your Angles90 Grips to an unloaded dumbbell handle. This will replace standard lat-machine handles in a cost-effective and simple way. Furthermore, this option results in less joint stress for your shoulders and elbows compared to narrow grip and fixed-grip options.
The included standard pulley strap enables you to mount the pulley on bars. The A90 Sling Trainer, however, can anchor your pulley (and your resistance bands!) onto trees and thick beams too! In addition, your sling trainer can be utilised to adjust the height of your pulley. This can be especially helpful when used on balconies.
Coming back to why one pulley only allows you almost to perform a full back day (see paragraph 1 above): Having two pulleys basically replaces a seated low-row machine and enables you to train in different grip widths like wide-grip lat pulldowns.
On top of pull movements, you can enrich your push and arm workouts as well. By the way, here you see how to set up two pulleys horizontally and vertically properly.
Our newest innovative product lets you lift any kind of heavy objects like stones, sandbags, bricks, bottle crates, or a mix of them.
Even bigger advantage: Lift conventional weights faster! Instead of removing plates from dumbbells to load them onto the pulley's loading pin, now simply put the whole dumbbell into the rope net.
Compared to most machines in the gym, the pulley makes it possible to put more load during the eccentric phase. In terms of maxing out your target muscle, you want to implement this method because we tend to be stronger during the eccentric phase of an exercise. How to do it: Simply let your workout partner gently lean on the weight or on the pulley rope.
Instead of attaching weights to the pulley rope, add a second Angles90 handle. You can now literally slide between left and right single-arm rows, as well as perform any kind of suspension movements, which now get even more functional. Another way of using this setup are partner workouts, where you either pull against your partner and gently create resistance, for example, when he/she does triceps pushdowns.
If you don't have any dumbbells available or just want to have more dumbbell pairs at home, combine an Angles90 handle with the loading pin of the pulley (which is already included in your cable pulley package). For dumbbell curls, please use the so-called Power+ grip method. Apart from biceps curls, your DIY-dumbbells also work fine for bent-over rows and sumo squats.
