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Hip Hinge · Beginner

Cable Pull-Through

Compound hip hinge exercise using cable.
Cable Pull-Through demonstration (no audio).
Movement pattern
Hip Hinge
Difficulty
Beginner
Equipment
Cable
Mechanics
Compound
Sides
Bilateral
Main plane
Sagittal

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How to do the Cable Pull-Through

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Setup

Stand facing away from a low pulley, rope between your legs, feet shoulder-width, holding the rope behind you.

  1. Hinge forward at your hips (like the start of a deadlift), letting the cable pull your hands back between your legs, keeping your back flat.

  2. Drive your hips forward to stand up straight, squeezing your glutes at the top.

  3. Reverse under control back into the hinge.

Common mistakes

  • Squatting the movement (bending the knees a lot) instead of hinging at the hips.

  • Rounding the lower back at the bottom of the hinge instead of keeping it flat and neutral.

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, high emphasis); Semitendinosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Semimembranosus (synergist, moderate emphasis); Adductor magnus (synergist, moderate emphasis)

  • Spine extensionsecondary action

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

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