Cable Kickback
Target Area: Lower Body
Equipment: Cable Handle Attachment, Cable Machine
- Stand facing a cable machine with the pulley fixed low. Secure your foot into the cable handle attachment and face the weight stack from a distance of about two feet, grasping the steel frame for support.
- While keeping your knees and hips bent slightly and your core tight, contract your glute to slowly kick the working leg back in a semicircular arc as high as it will comfortably go, keeping the other leg stationary with a soft knee.
- Squeeze your glute at the full extension before bringing your leg back and keeping the tension. Perform for the number of prescribed repetitions.
INTENSITY
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