Cable Deadlift
Gym Exercise Card
Equipment
The cable deadlift is a compound exercise targeting the lower body, particularly the glutes and hamstrings. It also engages the core for stability and helps improve posture and balance. Performing this exercise with a cable machine provides constant tension throughout the movement, enhancing muscle engagement.
How to do it
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart, with a cable handle in each hand, arms extended down.
- Brace your core, bend knees slightly, and hinge at the hips to lower the handles.
- Push through your heels, extend your hips and knees to stand upright, maintaining a neutral spine.
- Squeeze your glutes at the top and then lower back into the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions with controlled movement.
Muscles worked
Primary Gluteus Maximus Hamstrings
Secondary Erector Spinae Gastrocnemius Quadriceps
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