Seated Cable Deadlift
Are you asking yourself "what is a seated cable deadlift?" I would be too. I developed this exercise for people who have a hard time with lower back mobility. By stabilizing your body with a seat, you allow your lower back to release easier, allowing the lower back to round or flex.
Primary Muscles Used
Seated Cable Deadlift Instructions
- Set the cable setting at the lowest height and attach either 2 single handles or one longer handle.
- Then sit on a bench or chair about 4 feet away from the cable attachment.
- Grab the handle(s) with an overhand grip and sit up straight with you feet on the floor.
- Start with your shoulders pulled back and core tight.
- Focus your mind on your lower back and slowly begin to stretch forward towards the cable machine by releasing your lower back first.
- By releasing your lower back first as you go down you will develop a proper movement pattern allowing lower and upper back to flex.
- Continue stretching forward as far as you can go.
- Pause for a moment in the full stretched position.
- Slowly sit up rolling your back up in the same fashion you rolled it down.
- Return to the starting position and make sure your shoulders are pulled back and down.
- Repeat.
Benefits of the Seated Cable Deadlift
- Performing the seated deadlift properly can help with lower and upper back strength and help eliminate lower back pain.
- By sitting during this exercise you can focus on releasing your lower back and increasing mobility.
- This is a great exercise for helping posture in your upper back, eliminating and preventing a hunched over posture. This is getting more and more important with our current society hunching forward to use the computer or cell phone.
- Learning to engage your abs and use your legs while keeping your back straight can help prevent strain and injury.
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