Cable Hip Abduction / Adduction
How to Do Cable Hip Abduction / Adduction
- Standing sideways with your left side facing the weight stack of a pulley machine, attach an ankle cuff to the right ankle.
- Hold the machine for balance if you need to and slowly lift your right leg up to the right side.
- Pause and slowly return your right leg to starting position.
- Repeat the movement.
Related Quadriceps Exercises
Cable Hip Abduction / Adduction Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Cable Hip Abduction / Adduction targets quadriceps. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: cable station.
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