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Core Knowledge
Movements
Contents
Cable Lift - Physioball
Starting Position
- Sitting on a physioball, holding rope handle with both hands from low cable position, with hips perpendicular to the machine
Procedure
- Turn shoulders toward the machine, keeping the chest up and stomach tight
- Pull the handles toward the chest while turning the trunk away from the machine as the hands push up and away
- Return to starting position and repeat
Coaching Keys
- Keep your chest up and your back flat
- Keep your inside elbow up as the handle reverses during the pull, making sure the cable comes underneath your arm
- Your back should be to the machine at the end of the movement
- This exercise combines the familiar movements of an upright row and incline press
- Lower in the same pattern as you lifted
You Should Feel It
- Working the torso rotators, upper back, chest and shoulders
