Cable Twist (Up to down)
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 Twist (Up to down)
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 Twist (Up to down) trains
Technique
How to do the Cable Twist (Up to down)
- Stand sideways to the cable machine with your feet shoulder-width apart. Attach a handle to the high pulley and grasp it with both hands, arms extended diagonally along the cable.
- Twist your torso down and across your body, pulling the handle down towards your opposite hip while keeping your arms straight.
- Slowly return to the starting position with control.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Perform the movement slowly and with control to maximize muscle activation and reduce injury risk.
- Exhale as you twist away from the machine and inhale as you return to the starting position.
- Minimize hip twisting to focus on engaging your obliques and core during the twist.
Substitutes
Swap Cable Twist (Up to down) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Cable Twist (Up to down) 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.