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Illustration of the Cable Woodchop: Pivot the back foot and turn through the hips - the arms just hold on.
compound · Rotation

Cable Woodchop

Cable Woodchop is a compound rotation movement for obliques, using Functional Trainer and D-Handles. It also works abs and core. 3 sets of 10-15, 1 min rest.

Primary muscle
Obliques
Equipment
Functional Trainer and D-Handles
Difficulty
Intermediate
Sets and reps
3 × 10-15
Rest
60s
Force
pull

How to do it

  1. 1
    Set up

    High pulley with a D-handle, side-on, feet wider than the shoulders.

  2. 2
    The cue that matters

    Pivot the back foot and turn through the hips - the arms just hold on.

  3. 3
    Work it

    3 sets of 10-15, resting about 1 minute between them. Both sides, same number of reps.

Muscles worked

Obliques does most of the work. Abs and core take the rest.

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