Hamstrings exercise

Cable Pull Through

Hip hinge with a cable for glutes and hamstrings. The cable keeps tension throughout the movement.

How to do the Cable Pull Through

4 steps, in the order you do them.

Adjust the cable and grab the indicated handle; get into a stable stance facing away from the cable's direction.
Push your hips back with a neutral spine and the weight close to your body.
Extend your hips by pushing through the floor; finish standing tall without hyperextending your lower back.
Repeat at a controlled pace without using momentum.

What goes wrong most often when you do the Cable Pull Through, and how to fix it.

You stand too close to the pulley and the rope has no tension as you lower.
Take two or three steps forward until the rope pulls your hands back between your legs.
You pull the rope with your arms instead of extending your hips.
Keep your arms straight between your thighs. The rope moves forward only when your hips extend.
You squat down with your knees and the pull through turns into a squat.
Send your hips back toward the pulley with your knees only slightly bent, as if closing a door with your glutes.