Standing Cable Lift

What it is

Engage your core with this dynamic, compound pull movement using a cable machine. It primarily targets your abdominal muscles, while also engaging your shoulders. You'll move the resistance across and up your body, building rotational strength and stability.

Technique tips

• Initiate the pull power from your core.
• Maintain a straight back and engaged abdominals.
• Pivot your back foot for complete hip rotation.
• Control the cable's return path slowly.
• Fully extend your arms above your head at the top.

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.