Illustration of back exercises using a cable machine.Great list of back exercises you can do using a cable pulley machine.

Unilateral Standing Rear Lateral Raise

Cable Back Exercises

Start: Attach the stirrup handles to the high pulleys of the crossover machine. Stand between the stacks and hold the handles with a crossover grip. Stretch out your arms in front of your face and slightly bend your elbows.

Finish: Pinch your shoulder blades back together, then pull the handles back until your palms face forward at shoulder level and your arms are even with your torso. Pause, then slowly return to the starting position.

Do this one side at a time by standing sideways at the weight stack pulling the handle across your body.

Lying Pullover

Cable Back Exercises

Start: Attach the rope handle to the low pulley. Set one end of your bench about 2 feet from the pulley-the cable, when extended, should bisect the bench lengthwise. Lie on the bench with your head at the end near the pulley. Reach behind you, grab the ends of the rope with your palms facing each other, and hold the rope over your chest at arm's length r with a slight bend in your elbows. Put your feet up on the bench to keep your lower back from arching.

Finish: Without bending your elbows beyond their starting angle, slowly lower the handles behind your head until your arms are parallel to the floor. Pause, then return to the starting position.

Incline Lying Pullover

Cable Back Exercises

Start: Attach the rope handle to the low pulley. Set one end of your bench about 2 feet from the pulley-the cable, when extended, should bisect the bench lengthwise. Lie on the bench with your head at the end near the pulley. Reach behind you, grab the ends of the rope with your palms facing each other, and hold the rope over your chest at arm's length r with a slight bend in your elbows. Put your feet up on the bench to keep your lower back from arching.

Finish: Without bending your elbows beyond their starting angle, slowly lower the handles behind your head until your arms are parallel to the floor. Pause, then return to the starting position.

Set the bench at a slight incline-15 to 30 degrees. When you lower your arms behind your head, stop when they're at a 45-degree angle to the floor.

Lying Pullover

Cable Back Exercises

Start: Attach the rope handle to the low pulley. Set one end of your bench about 2 feet from the pulley-the cable, when extended, should bisect the bench lengthwise. Lie on the bench with your head at the end near the pulley. Reach behind you, grab the ends of the rope with your palms facing each other, and hold the rope over your chest at arm's length r with a slight bend in your elbows. Put your feet up on the bench to keep your lower back from arching.

Finish: Without bending your elbows beyond their starting angle, slowly lower the handles behind your head until your arms are parallel to the floor. Pause, then return to the starting position.

Double Pulldown

Cable Back Exercises

Stand inside a cable crossover with the stirrup handles attached to the high pulleys.  Kneel down and keep your torso as erect as possible as you pull your arms down and in toward your body. When your elbows are just slightly behind your back, pause ad return the weights to the starting position.