Cable Deadlift: how to do it | Athletic Station

How to perform it

Stand in the center of the cable station with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent.
Grip the handles firmly, keeping your arms extended at your sides and your spine aligned.
Engage your abs and keep your chest open before starting the movement.
Lower your hips and incline your torso slightly forward, performing the movement with control.
Push through the floor with your feet and extend your hips and knees together to return to an upright position.
Keep the handles close to your body throughout the movement and avoid rounding your lower back.
Return to the starting position with control, driving the movement through your hips while maintaining muscular tension.
Exhale as you rise and inhale as you lower.

What you should feel

Greater activation of the glutes, hamstrings, lower back, and core. The effort should remain controlled through the posterior chain, without pain in the lower back, knees, or shoulders.

Groups mentioned in the description

Core Legs Glutes

Exercise questions

How do you perform Cable Deadlift?

Stand in the center of the cable station with your feet shoulder-width apart and your knees slightly bent. Grip the handles firmly, keeping your arms extended at your sides and your spine aligned. Engage your abs and keep your chest open before starting the movement. Lower your hips and incline your torso slightly forward, performing the movement with control. Push through the floor with your feet and extend your hips and knees together to return to an upright position. Keep the handles close to your body throughout the movement and avoid rounding your lower back. Return to the starting position with control, driving the movement through your hips while maintaining muscular tension. Exhale as you rise and inhale as you lower.

What does Cable Deadlift work?

Hip-hinge movement that works the core, glutes, hamstrings, and lower back while keeping the spine aligned and the load close to the body.

What should you feel during Cable Deadlift?

Greater activation of the glutes, hamstrings, lower back, and core. The effort should remain controlled through the posterior chain, without pain in the lower back, knees, or shoulders.

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