Pallof Press (Overhead)

How to do it

1. Stand sideways to an anchored cable or band with feet shoulder width apart, holding the handle at your chest with both hands.
2. Brace your core and keep your ribs stacked over your hips before pressing.
3. Press the handle out and up until your arms extend overhead, resisting both the rotational pull and the sideways lean, working the core.
4. Hold the overhead position briefly, then bring the handle back to your chest under control.
5. Exhale as you press up and inhale as you bring the handle back down.
6. Keep your torso from leaning toward the anchor as your arms extend overhead, since the added height increases the leverage pulling you off center.

Muscles worked

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