Legs · Cable
Cable Stiff Leg Deadlift From Stepbox
How to do the cable stiff leg deadlift from stepbox, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Advanced
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Hinge
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Stand on a step box holding a low cable handle with feet hip-width and a slight knee bend. Hinge at the hips to lower the handle along your legs into the deficit, feeling the hamstring stretch, then drive your hips forward and squeeze your glutes to stand tall.
- 1Feel a deep stretch in your hamstrings through the added range
- 2Keep constant cable tension as you hinge and rise
- 3Drive the hips forward and squeeze the glutes at the top
Common mistakes
- Do not round your lower back in the deeper range
- Avoid locking the knees fully at the bottom
- Do not jerk the handle up; rise smoothly with the hips
Muscles worked
The cable stiff leg deadlift from stepbox mainly works the glutes, lower back, and hamstrings, with the forearms, quads, upper traps, upper abs, and calves assisting.
- GlutesPrimary
- Lower BackPrimary
- HamstringsPrimary
- ForearmsSupport
- QuadsSupport
- Upper TrapsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- CalvesSupport
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Last reviewed June 2026.