Seated hip pull-downs
Muscles used in this exercise
Core and abdominal muscles are activated. The diaphragm (your breathing muscle) and your back muscles are also turned on.
Purpose
A re-balance exercise for rowers, hokey players, and golfers. This is also a useful exercise for office workers to strengthen core and stomach muscles.
To do this exercise
Start this exercise by sitting on a ball and setting up your theraband or cable line behind you.
Hold the theraband or cable line with your arms above your head.
Begin by bending forward through your hip and then rotate left and right towards your shin bone on each side.
Jeffrey Wong
Jeffrey is an experienced physiotherapist with a special interest in treating office worker's back pain. He is an expert in manual therapy for the spine and he continues to develop skills in strapping and injury prevention for athletes. He was the team physiotherapist for Nepean FC football club.