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One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends

How to do the One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

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Primary muscles

Abs

Secondary

Equipment

Cable

Step by step

How to do the One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends

  1. 1

    Connect a standard handle to a tower. Move cable to highest pulley position.

  2. 2

    Stand with side to cable. With one hand, reach up and grab handle with underhand grip.

  3. 3

    Pull down cable until elbow touches your side and the handle is by your shoulder.

  4. 4

    Position feet hip-width apart. Place free hand on hip to help gauge pivot point.

  5. 5

    Keep arm in static position. Contract oblique to bring the weight down in a side crunch.

  6. 6

    Once you reach maximum contraction, slowly release the weight to the starting position. The weight stack should never be unloaded in a resting position. The aim is constant tension during the set.

  7. 7

    Repeat to failure.

  8. 8

    Then, reposition and repeat the same series of movements on the opposite side.

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Log it, see it on your body.

Every One-Arm High-Pulley Cable Side Bends set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your abs volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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