Step back, press out, and fight the cable's twist the whole way.
The job is to NOT twist toward the cable. Stay square and let your core do the bracing.
This combo staples an anti-rotation press onto a reverse lunge, you drop into a half-kneel and press the handle out while the cable tries the whole time to twist you toward the stack. The core is the star, bracing against rotation in the least stable moment of the lunge, while the quads handle the lowering and the drive back to standing. Worked one side at a time, it earns its place for athletes who need a trunk that stays square while the legs are busy.
The half-kneeling bottom of a lunge is where rotational control matters most in sport, so the press loads exactly that moment. You get single-leg work and anti-rotation training in one efficient movement.
Light enough that you stay perfectly square with the handle pressed out. The instant your shoulders twist toward the stack or the press wobbles, the weight is too heavy, this is a control exercise.
Side-on, so the pull comes across your body and tries to rotate you. Work through your reps on one side, then turn around and switch, both stance leg and press side swap together.
