Cable Core Pallof Press
Trains the abdominals. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Cable Core Pallof Press
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 9 on the Abdominals page.
Muscles worked
What Cable Core Pallof Press trains
Technique
How to do the Cable Core Pallof Press
- Set a cable pulley to chest height and attach a single handle. Stand sideways to the machine with your feet shoulder-width apart and hold the handle with both hands at the center of your chest.
- Step away from the machine to create tension in the cable, keeping your knees slightly bent and your core braced.
- Press the handle straight out in front of your chest until your arms are fully extended, resisting the cable's pull to rotate your torso.
- Hold briefly, then bring the handle back to your chest with control. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Resist any rotation of your torso; the goal is to stay perfectly square as the cable pulls sideways.
- Keep your core braced and hips still throughout the press.
- Exhale as you press the handle out and inhale as you bring it back.
- Stand further from the machine or increase the weight to make the exercise harder.
Substitutes
Swap Cable Core Pallof Press for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Cable Core Pallof Press for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.