Starting Position
- Standing in an athletic base position holding a rope cable handle from a low position with both hands, feet parallel to cable, hips flexed, and abdominals drawn in
Procedure
- Turn shoulders and hips toward the machine, keeping the chest up and stomach tight
- Pull the handles toward the chest while pushing up and away with the inside hip
- Turn 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, with your back glute contracted (tight)
- 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 hips, torso rotators, upper back, chest and shoulders
© Core Performance
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