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Cable Bar Assisted Deadlift

This exercise helps you learn a clean hip hinge with a cable bar held along your spine, anchored high so it lightens your body.

Start: Face away from the machine, feet shoulder-width apart. Hold the cable bar against your back, anchored from a high cable attachment, touching your head, upper back, and tailbone.

Action:

  1. Push your hips straight back, shins staying vertical, letting your chest lower.

  2. The bar stays touching all three points the whole way — that's what keeps your back from rounding.

  3. At the bottom, drive your hips forward and bring your spine back up to standing tall.

Feel: This should feel easier than an unassisted hinge — that's the point. If the bar loses contact, your back moved.

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