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

Standing Rear Lateral Raise

Cable Back Exercises

Stand inside a cable crossover with the handles attached to the high pulleys. Grasp the handles with a crossover grip. With your hands crossed in front of your face, keep your knees bent, back straight, and arms down in a wide arcing motion until your elbows slightly pass your torso. Pause for a second and then return the weight to the starting position.

Bent-Over Row

Cable Back Exercises

Stand in front of a cable station with a straight bar attached to the low pulley. Bend over at the waist with your knees bent and back straight as your grasp the bar with a pronated, shoulder-width grip and pull the bar up until it touches your torso. Pause, lower, and repeat. Using a pronated grip with your elbows out away from your body will target the scapular retractors more, while a supinated grip with your elbows held in close will lead to greater lat and biceps involvement.

Cables Back Extension

Cable Back Exercises
Stand on platform and hold cable handles to your sides. Keep your head up, back straight and your knees slightly bent. Bend at the waist and lean forward until your upper body is parallel to the ground. Pause briefly then return to the starting position. Do not allow muscles to relax before next repetition.

Straight Arm Pull Down

Cable Back Exercises

This is a great isolation exercise for the back as it allows you to work without the involvement of secondary muscles such as the biceps. In addition, you get the bonus of working the abs indirectly as you will need to contract themin order to maintain the position required to perform the exercise.

1. Stand in front of a pull-down bar with your arms extended in front of you, hold onto the bar at shoulder width using palms down grip.

2. In order to gain stability, bend your legs slightly at the knees, contract your abdominals and keep your weight at the heels.

3. Keep the elbows slightly bent and the wrists straight and in a locked position.

4. Maintain a comfortable and forward tilt of the upper body in order to maintain stability throughout the movement.

Procedure:

1. Push the bar down towards the body in a arc like motion, making sure that your are only moving from the shoulder joint and not extending at the elbow. There must be no movement at the elbow joint. It must be locked securely in place.

2. Contract your lats as you lower the bar towards your thighs.

3. When the bar touches your thighs, hold the position for a second or two and then slowly go back to the starting position.

Lat Pulldown (Close Grip)

Cable Back Exercises
Grasp close grip handle with palm-in grip (facing each other). Sit in good body alignment (abs tight, chest up, back straight). Keeping back straight, lean back slightly from hips, allowing bar to clear head. Squeeze down (depress) shoulder blades while, in a controlled motion, pull close grip bar down in front of head, drawing elbows down toward sides and keeping forearms in line with resistance (cable/belt). Contract lat muscles fully without compromising form; avoid downward rotation of forearms. While maintaining the controlled motion, return close grip bar to starting position. Do not allow muscles to relax before next repetition.