A trainer is completing the pulling entry on an ACE IFT movement worksheet. Which exercise belongs there?
- AA seated cable row
- BA Romanian deadlift
- CA triceps rope pushdown on a high cable
- DA standing cable woodchop
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Answer
A
A seated cable row draws resistance toward the torso with trunk control, so it directly expresses the pulling pattern.
B
A Romanian deadlift raises a load from the floor, but it is a hip-hinge bend-and-lift pattern, not pulling.
C
Although it uses a cable rope, a pushdown extends the elbows to move resistance away from the body, which is pushing, not pulling.
D
A woodchop pulls a cable, but its defining demand is force transfer across the trunk, which makes it rotational.
A
A seated cable row draws resistance toward the torso with trunk control, so it directly expresses the pulling pattern.