Cable Side Bend

Primary muscles
Obliques
Secondary muscles
Lats
Equipment
Cable
Movement pattern
None

Steps

  1. 1 Stand with your side to a cable machine, holding the low pulley handle with your outside hand.
  2. 2 Place your free hand behind your head and stand tall with your feet hip-width apart.
  3. 3 Slowly bend your torso sideways away from the cable machine, feeling the stretch in your obliques.
  4. 4 Return to the upright starting position by contracting your obliques.
  5. 5 Complete all repetitions on one side, then switch sides and repeat the movement.

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