Cable Hip Adduction

What it is

This exercise targets your inner thigh muscles, also known as hip adductors, using a cable machine. You perform it by attaching an ankle cuff to a cable and moving your leg across your body's midline against resistance. It effectively strengthens the muscles responsible for bringing your legs together.

Technique tips

• Maintain an upright posture throughout the movement.
• Focus on engaging your inner thigh muscles to pull the leg.
• Exhale as you bring your working leg across your body.
• Control the return phase, allowing the weight to pull slowly.
• Keep your supporting leg slightly bent for stability.
• Avoid swinging your body to generate momentum.

How to track your progress

Log the weight and reps of each set. Straddly turns every set into an estimated one-rep max, so a heavier single and a strong set of eight both count as progress, and it flags a personal record the moment you beat your best.