Legs · Cable
Cable Standing Hip Flexion
How to do the cable standing hip flexion, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Flexion
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Attach an ankle cuff to a low cable and strap it to your working ankle. Face away from the machine and hold the frame for balance. Drive your knee up and forward against the cable, lifting your thigh toward hip height, then lower with control and repeat before switching legs.
- 1Feel the front of your hip and lower abs pull your knee up
- 2Stand tall and keep your standing leg steady
- 3Control the cable back down rather than letting it drop
Common mistakes
- Don't lean back or arch your lower back to lift higher
- Don't swing the leg up with momentum
- Don't let the stack slam at the bottom
Muscles worked
The cable standing hip flexion mainly works the hip flexors, with the lower abs, quads, and upper abs assisting.
- Hip FlexorsPrimary
- Lower AbsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- ObliquesMinor
- GlutesMinor
- AdductorsMinor
- Tibialis AnteriorMinor
Kovo programs the cable standing hip flexion for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
More hips & adductors exercises
- How to do the butterfly stretch
- How to do the external rotation
- How to do the cable hip adduction
- How to do the internal rotation
- How to do the cobra pose
- How to do the core scrunch
Last reviewed June 2026.