Cable twist

How to do it

1. 1Stand with your feet shoulder-width apart, facing the cable machine.
2. 2Grab the cable handle with both hands at chest level, keeping your arms slightly bent.
3. 3Engage your core and rotate your torso to the right, pulling the cable across your body.
4. 4Pause briefly at the end of the movement, feeling the contraction in your abs and obliques.
5. 5Return slowly to the starting position, resisting the cable’s pull.
6. 6Repeat the motion to the left side.
7. 7Continue alternating sides for the desired number of repetitions.

More abs exercises

• Sit-up with arms on chestBodyweight
• Curl-upBodyweight
• Hanging straight twisting leg hip raiseBodyweight
• Hanging leg hip raiseBodyweight
• Cable standing crunchCable
• Band bicycle crunchResistance band
• Spine twistBodyweight
• Cable tuck reverse crunchCable

This page is for information and doesn’t replace a professional. If you have an injury or a medical condition, ask first. Data from the open catalogue hasaneyldrm/exercises-dataset, MIT licence.