low cable hip extension
Attach an ankle cuff to a low cable pulley and secure it around one ankle. Face the machine, stand tall with a slight bend in your standing knee, and hold the machine for balance if needed.
- Equipment
- Gym Machine
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Focus Area
- Glutes
- Injury risk
- Low
Primary muscles
- gluteus maximus
Secondary muscles
- hamstrings
- erector spinae
- rectus abdominis
- obliques
Target muscles
- glutes
- legs
- hips
How to perform
- 1
Attach an ankle cuff to a low cable pulley and secure it around one ankle.
- 2
Face the machine, stand tall with a slight bend in your standing knee, and hold the machine for balance if needed.
- 3
Engage your core, then slowly extend the cuffed leg straight back, squeezing your glute at the peak of the movement.
- 4
Control the return of your leg to the starting position, resisting the cable's pull.
- 5
Avoid swinging the leg or arching your lower back throughout the movement.
- 6
Complete the desired repetitions on one leg before switching to the other.
Safety & form
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