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Cable Squat to Pull

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Difficulty

Easy

Equipment Needed

Cable Pulley

Starting Position

Standing with cable pulley handles in hands.

Procedure

  1. Full extend the arms and step backwards.
  2. Flex your abdominals and squat down as if you were going to sit in a chair (make sure to keep the arms straight).
  3. When you have a 90 degree bend at the knee push upward through your glutes and thighs.
  4. On your way up begin to pull the arms in towards your torso and flex the mid back muscles.
  5. Extend the arms and repeat.

Coaching Keys

  • Keep abdominals tight.
  • Keep the arms straight during the squat portion of the movement.
  • Step backwards a little more to increase the tension.
  • Keep a slight arch to your back during the squat portion of the movement.

You Should Feel it...

In your quads, glutes, arms and mid back muscles.

Exercise Purpose

Improves quadriceps strength and endurance and develops ski specific movement strength.

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