One Arm Cable Press – Performance U Style!

By nick On January 21, 2012 · 4 Comments · In Strength Training

As you learned in my TRUTH About the Bench Press post with Coach Juan Carlos Santana – Bench Press performance most likely does not carryover well into the Standing Pushing actions involved in life and sport.

The idea is not to stop doing the bench press. It’s about doing the bench press along with other exercises, which likely have a higher potential of transferring into standing pushing actions.

One of the best exercises we’ve found to improve standing pushing strength is the Standing Single Arm Cable Press!

How to do the Standing Single Arm Cable Press

This exercise is certainly not new. But, the way we coach it seems to be new to the fitness professionals and conditioning coaches we’ve taught it to.

Put simply, the One Arm Cable Press is a great exercise! Watch the video below and discover how we’ve made it even better!

Be sure to check out my latest T-nation article The TRUTH About the Bench Press to discover why The mega man-crush we have on the bench press doesn’t necessarily add up to better athletic performance.

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4 Responses to One Arm Cable Press – Performance U Style!

Dr. John, DPT, CSCS says:

January 22, 2012 at 8:52 am

Great post, one adjustment we’ve made for comfort and to force external rotation stability vs. internal rotation stability is to put the cable between the arm and the body.
Lauren L says:

January 23, 2012 at 1:36 pm

Awesome Nick. I use the SA Cable Chest Press all the time with my clients, but not like this. It’s amazing how a couple of joint angle tweeks completely changes the exercise. *slaps forehead* Why didn’t I think to do this!? I’ll definitely be putting the “Performance U version” to use in order to crank out some heavier reps with my clients. Thanks!
nick says:

March 1, 2012 at 3:41 pm

Thanks, Lauren!

I’m so glad you found as much success using these tweaks as we have

Coach N
nick says:

March 1, 2012 at 3:43 pm

Dr.John,

Thanks for sharing your insights!

I’ve found some clients like your version as well!

It’s all about fitting the exercise to YOUR clients and NOT the other way around

Best of luck with your continued success!
Coach N

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One Arm Cable Press – Performance U Style!

How to do the Standing Single Arm Cable Press

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