Cable Deadlifts

beginnerstrengthpullcompound
Cable Deadlifts — Cable Quadriceps exercise demonstration
Cable Deadlifts — Cable Quadriceps exercise demonstration
Body part
Upper Legs
Target
Quadriceps
Equipment
Cable
Secondary
Forearms, Glutes, Hamstrings, Lower Back

Instructions

  1. 1Move the cables to the bottom of the towers and select an appropriate weight. Stand directly in between the uprights.
  2. 2To begin, squat down be flexing your hips and knees until you can reach the handles.
  3. 3After grasping them, begin your ascent. Driving through your heels extend your hips and knees keeping your hands hanging at your side. Keep your head and chest up throughout the movement.
  4. 4After reaching a full standing position, Return to the starting position and repeat.

Get this via the API

This exercise — and the full catalog of 873 — as structured JSON.

GET /v1/exercises/{slug}
curl -H "X-API-Key: wk_live_…" \
  "https://api.work-out-db.com/v1/exercises/cable-deadlifts"

Customize the request

  • Translate the response
    /v1/exercises/cable-deadlifts?lang=es
    Localized name, description & steps — en · es · pt · fr
  • Every quadriceps exercise
    /v1/exercises?target=quadriceps
    Filter the catalog by the target muscle
  • Narrow by equipment & difficulty
    /v1/exercises?equipment=cable&difficulty=beginner
    Filters are combinable — stack as many as you need
  • Full-text search
    /v1/exercises/search?q=Cable%20Deadlifts
    Trigram + full-text ranking, accent-insensitive
  • Sort & paginate
    /v1/exercises?sort=difficulty&order=desc&limit=25
    sort=name|difficulty · order · limit · offset · cursor
All query parameters
bodyPart, target, equipment, muscle
taxonomy slug
category
strength · cardio · mobility · stretching · plyometrics
difficulty
beginner · intermediate · advanced
force
push · pull · static
mechanic
compound · isolation
q
free-text search (accent-insensitive)
sort / order
name | difficulty · asc | desc
limit / offset / cursor
pagination (limit ≤ plan cap)
lang
en · es · pt · fr
Authentication

Send your key as X-API-Key or Authorization: Bearer.

Response

Always { data, meta, requestId }. Rate-limit & quota counts ride in X-RateLimit-* / X-Quota-* headers.

Plans

Free: 5k req/mo · 30/min · 480p. Pro: 100k/mo · 120/min · 720p + commercial use.

Related exercises