Cable Glute Kickback

Start

Finish

How to do it

Attach an ankle strap to a low pulley, face the machine holding the frame with a slight forward lean, then drive the strapped leg straight back from the hip and return slowly against the cable.

Muscles worked

Primary: glutes · Also works: hamstrings

Equipment

Cables, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Arching the lower back to swing the leg higher instead of stopping at true hip extension
• Letting the standing knee lock and the torso rock forward and back with each rep
• Letting the stack slam down rather than controlling the leg back to the start

Variations

• Bent-knee kickback
• Two-second squeeze at end range

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Band Glute Kickback
• Donkey Kick
• Hip Thrust
• Reverse Hyperextension

Related exercises

• Hip Thrustglutes
• Glute Bridgeglutes
• Kettlebell Swingglutes
• Banded Hip Abductionglutes
• Single-Leg Glute Bridgeglutes
• Feet-Elevated Glute Bridgeglutes