Instructions
Preparation
- Stand beside low to medium height pulley. Grasp cable stirrup. Position stirup to front of shoulder with elbow down to side. Place opposite hand on hip. With feet wide apart squat down slighly.
Execution
- Rotate body away from pulley and straightening legs while pushing stirrup diagonally upward toward opposite side of body. Return to original position and repeat.
Comments
- Internal rotation of far hip (opposite side with resistance) is much greater than spinal rotation.
Classification
| Utility: | Basic or Auxiliary |
| Mechanics: | Compound |
| Force: | Push |
Muscles
- Pectoralis Major, Clavicular
- Deltoid, Lateral
- Supraspinatus
- Triceps Brachii
- Trapezius, Middle
- Trapezius, Lower
- Serratus Anterior, Inferior Digitations
- Gluteus Maximus
- Adductor Magnus
- Quadriceps
- Soleus
- Obliques
- Psoas major
- Quadratus lumborum
- Iliocastalis lumborum
- Iliocastalis thoracis
- Tensor Fasciae Latae
- Gluteus Medius