Standing Lift
- Primary muscles
- Shoulders
- Secondary muscles
- Obliques, Chest
- Equipment
- Cable
- Movement pattern
- None
Steps
- 1 Stand with your feet hip-width apart, facing slightly away from the cable machine.
- 2 Grab the cable handle with both hands, palms facing each other, from a low position on one side of your body.
- 3 Keeping your arms mostly extended, rotate your torso and lift the handle diagonally upwards and across your body.
- 4 Finish the movement with the handle high and away from the cable machine, engaging your core and shoulders.
- 5 Slowly and with control, reverse the motion, rotating your torso back to the starting position.
- 6 Complete all repetitions on one side, then switch your stance and the cable's starting position to perform the exercise on the other side.
