Form cues
- Brace your core
- Rotate through your torso
- Keep arms long
- Control the return
Exercise
Cable Standing Lift
Waist, cable
A standing cable core exercise that lifts the handle diagonally across the body to train the abs and obliques.
Target: abs. Also works: obliques, lower back.
Steps
- Set the cable handle to a low position and stand side-on to the machine with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
- Hold the handle with both hands near the hip closest to the machine and straighten your arms with a soft bend in the elbows.
- Brace your core and turn your chest slightly toward the handle without rounding your back.
- Pull the handle diagonally up and across your body toward the opposite shoulder by rotating your torso and lifting your arms together.
- Pause briefly at the top with your hips mostly facing forward and your arms extended.
- Lower the handle back along the same diagonal path to the starting hip under control.
- Complete all reps on one side, then turn around and repeat on the other side.
Common mistakes
- Bending the elbows and turning it into an arm pull
- Twisting the knees inward instead of rotating the torso
- Leaning back or arching the lower back at the top
- Letting the weight snap back down without control
Breathing
Inhale at the start, exhale as you lift and rotate across the body, then inhale as you return under control.
In the app, search for Cable Standing Lift and add it to a workout.