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Old Mar. 06/05, 02:19 PM
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Need alternate exercises for cable machine

Ok I lift at my house, I have an olympic sized bench with 300LB of weight, and I have dumbells from 10lb all the way to 55lb in 5 lb increments. I also have a squat rack. anyways I am going on the Dynamo Quattro program for the next three weeks to try and bulk up a little bit more for the summer and there are a few exercises I cannot do because I do not have a cable machine yet.
Seated cable rows
Reverse grip tricep pressdowns
lat pulldowns
supinated pulldowns
Now I need some alternate exercises that will work very similar or better than these listed that I dont need a cable machine for
I was going to do bent over rows in place of the seated cable rows
but what can I do for the rest? I would just go out any buy a cable machine but I dont have the money right now, or the room for one. lol please help I want to start this program tomarrow
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Old Mar. 06/05, 02:47 PM
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You can get a good cable machine for $300, which i'd recommend over the long term. The Powertec P-LM is da bomb, with high, low and medium height pulleys that allows for all types of pulldowns, rows, curls, etc. Uses olympic plates. In the meantime:

-For seated cable rows-T-bar rows
-triceps pressdowns-bench dips (better, actually)
-lat pulldowns or supinated version-weighted chins using the olympic bar loaded on the squat rack

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You can get a good cable machine for $300, which i'd recommend over the long term. The Powertec P-LM is da bomb, with high, low and medium height pulleys that allows for all types of pulldowns, rows, curls, etc. Uses olympic plates. In the meantime:

-For seated cable rows-T-bar rows
-triceps pressdowns-bench dips (better, actually)
-lat pulldowns or supinated version-weighted chins using the olympic bar loaded on the squat rack
I was looking into the Powertech equipment. I really liked the looks of it. What do you think of the Leverage version of the lat machine? think your better off with cable to work stabalizer muscles also? and also I dont have anything to do dips on, but I guess I could just use a few chairs next to eachother. Thanks for the quick reply. I will get by for now with what I have. I need to scrounge up some extra cash before I go out and buy a new lat machine. lol as soon as I sell my truck maybe
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Old Mar. 07/05, 05:19 AM
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Leverage is better than standard pulleys and is what the Powertec has. For dips use two chairs. Pulleys are the best of both worlds IMO-better tension than free weights while not rigid like machines so the stabilizer muscles are used too.
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