LiftsmithAnti-rotation squat
A isolation exercise for the obliques and abs, with help from the quads, glutes. Equipment: cable machine.
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How to do it
- Setup: Stand side-on to a cable at chest height, handle pressed out in front.
- Squat down keeping the arms straight
- Stand up without rotating toward the cable
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