Cable Standing Lift
A standing cable core exercise that lifts the handle diagonally across the body to train the abs and obliques.
Secondary muscles
How to do it
- Set the cable handle to a low position and stand side-on to the machine with your feet about shoulder-width apart.
- Hold the handle with both hands near the hip closest to the machine and straighten your arms with a soft bend in the elbows.
- Brace your core and turn your chest slightly toward the handle without rounding your back.
- Pull the handle diagonally up and across your body toward the opposite shoulder by rotating your torso and lifting your arms together.
- Pause briefly at the top with your hips mostly facing forward and your arms extended.
- Lower the handle back along the same diagonal path to the starting hip under control.
- Complete all reps on one side, then turn around and repeat on the other side.
Form cues
- Brace your core
- Rotate through your torso
- Keep arms long
- Control the return
Common mistakes
- Bending the elbows and turning it into an arm pull
- Twisting the knees inward instead of rotating the torso
- Leaning back or arching the lower back at the top
- Letting the weight snap back down without control
Breathing
Inhale at the start, exhale as you lift and rotate across the body, then inhale as you return under control.
