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One-Legged Cable Kickback

How to do the One-Legged Cable Kickback with correct form, the muscles it works, and where it fits a training plan you actually stick to.

IsolationCableIntermediatePush
Primary muscles

Glutes

Secondary

Hamstrings

Equipment

Cable

Step by step

How to do the One-Legged Cable Kickback

  1. 1

    Hook a leather ankle cuff to a low cable pulley and then attach the cuff to your ankle.

  2. 2

    Face the weight stack from a distance of about two feet, grasping the steel frame for support.

  3. 3

    While keeping your knees and hips bent slightly and your abs tight, contract your glutes to slowly "kick" the working leg back in a semicircular arc as high as it will comfortably go as you breathe out. Tip: At full extension, squeeze your glutes for a second in order to achieve a peak contraction.

  4. 4

    Now slowly bring your working leg forward, resisting the pull of the cable until you reach the starting position.

  5. 5

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

  6. 6

    Switch legs and repeat the movement for the other side.

In Ascend

Log it, see it on your body.

Every One-Legged Cable Kickback set you log feeds Ascend's anatomy heatmap — so your glutes volume is visible at a glance — and counts toward your bodyweight-strength tier.

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