Cable Judo Flip

What it is

This dynamic cable exercise sculpts your core through a powerful rotational pull. You engage your abdominal muscles as you twist and crunch, mimicking a judo throw. It's a compound movement that integrates your entire trunk.

Technique tips

• Start with a wide, athletic stance, side to the cable machine.
• Initiate the movement from your core, not just your arms.
• Exhale forcefully as you twist and pull the cable down.
• Control the rope on the return, resisting the cable's pull.
• Shift your body weight dynamically with each powerful rotation.
• Complete all repetitions on one side before switching.

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.