Hinge · Coached in Recomp
Cable pull-through
The cable pull-through is a beginner hinge exercise for your glutes and hamstrings, using cable stack.
- Main muscles
- Glutes, Hamstrings
- Also works
- Lower back
- Equipment
- Cable stack
- Level
- Beginner
Setup
Attach a rope to a low pulley. Face away, holding the rope between your legs, and walk out a couple of steps.
How to do it
- Hinge at the hips, letting the rope pull your hands back through your legs.
- Drive your hips forward to stand tall.
- Squeeze your glutes at the top.
Coaching cues
- Hips back, not knees forward.
- Arms are just hooks.
Common mistakes
- Squatting it.
- Pulling with the arms.
Safety
Kind to the lower back: the cable pulls back instead of down.
Back extension 
Bodyweight squat 
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Dumbbell Romanian deadlift 
Dumbbell step-up 
Dumbbell walking lunge