Cable Pull-Through

Start

Finish

How to do it

Face away from a low pulley with a rope passed between your legs, walk out until the cable is taut, then hinge the hips back letting the rope travel behind you and snap the hips forward to stand tall.

Muscles worked

Primary: glutes · Also works: hamstrings, lower back

Equipment

Cables, Full gym

Common mistakes

• Pulling the rope forward with the arms instead of letting the hips do all the work
• Squatting down rather than pushing the hips straight back toward the stack
• Leaning back at the top instead of finishing vertical with the glutes squeezed

Variations

• Kneeling pull-through
• Pause two seconds in the stretched hinge position

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Kettlebell Swing
• Hip Thrust
• Dumbbell Romanian Deadlift
• Banded Kneeling Hip Thrust

Related exercises

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