Cable Side Bend

How to do it

1. Stand sideways to a low pulley and grip the handle in the hand nearest the machine, arm hanging straight at your side.
2. Set your feet hip-width apart and brace your core, standing tall with the opposite hand resting behind your head or on your hip.
3. Bend sideways away from the machine, lowering the handle toward your knee while flexing through the core on that side.
4. Return to upright by contracting the opposite side of your core, pulling your torso back to a tall neutral position.
5. Exhale as you return to standing and inhale as you lower into the bend.
6. Avoid rotating the torso forward or backward during the bend; keep the motion in a single side-to-side plane.

Muscles worked

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