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Cable Glute Kickback

Isolation exercise using cable.
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Cable
Mechanics
Isolation
Sides
Unilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Cable Glute Kickback

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Setup

Ankle strap attached to a low pulley, facing the machine, holding it for balance, strap on the working leg.

  1. Kick your leg straight back by extending at the hip, squeezing your glute hard at the end of the movement.

  2. Keep your torso stable and avoid using your lower back to add extra range.

  3. Return under control to the starting position.

Common mistakes

  • Arching the lower back to gain more range instead of stopping where real hip extension ends.

  • Swinging the leg with momentum instead of a controlled, glute-driven kick.

Muscles worked

Primary

Secondary

How the knowledge graph models this movement

Each joint action, with the role and emphasis the graph assigns each muscle. These are qualitative anatomical labels, not measured muscle activation.

  • Hip extensionprimary action

    Gluteus maximus (prime mover, high emphasis); Gluteus maximus (prime mover, high emphasis); Biceps femoris long head (synergist, moderate emphasis); Semitendinosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Semimembranosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Adductor magnus (synergist, low emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

    Erector spinae (stabilizer, moderate emphasis); Rectus abdominis (stabilizer, low emphasis); Quadratus lumborum (stabilizer, moderate emphasis)

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