Cable Twisting Pull

Setup

1. 01Attach a single handle to a high cable pulley.
2. 02Stand side-on to the stack and grip the handle with the far hand, arm reaching up and across the body.
3. 03Set feet shoulder width apart with knees soft.
4. 04Rotate the torso toward the pulley to load the start position.

Execution

1. 01Pull the handle down and across the body toward the opposite hip.
2. 02Rotate the torso away from the stack as the elbow drives down.
3. 03Finish with the hand near the outside hip and the trunk fully rotated.
4. 04Return along the same diagonal under control back to the stretched start.

Checkpoints

• -The pull follows one clean diagonal line, high to low across the body.
• -Hips and torso rotate together with the pull.
• -Spine stays long; rotation, not side flexion.
• -The eccentric is as controlled as the pull.

Common mistakes

• -Pulling straight down instead of across the body.
• -Keeping the hips frozen and cranking rotation through the lumbar spine only.
• -Using the arm alone with no trunk contribution.
• -Letting the weight yank the shoulder into a shrug at the top.