Chest · Cable
Cable Single Arm Low Fly
How to do the cable single arm low fly, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set a cable pulley to the lowest position and stand sideways to the machine, holding the handle in the hand farthest from the stack with a slight bend in the elbow. Sweep your arm up and across your body toward the opposite shoulder, then lower under control.
- 1Your upper chest contracting as the hand rises across the body
- 2A stretch across the chest at the bottom of the arc
- 3The elbow holding a fixed, slight bend throughout
Common mistakes
- Bending the elbow to turn it into a press
- Shrugging the shoulder up toward the ear
- Twisting the torso to swing the cable up
Muscles worked
The cable single arm low fly mainly works the upper chest, with the mid chest and front delts assisting.
- Upper ChestPrimary
- Mid ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- BicepsMinor
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
Kovo programs the cable single arm low fly for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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- How to do the paused bench press
Last reviewed June 2026.