Strength exercise

Cable High-to-Low Wood Chop

How to do it

Set the pulley to its highest position and stand sideways to the machine with feet wider than hip-width, gripping the handle with both hands.
Brace your core and rotate your torso to reach the handle up and out to the high side.
Pull the handle down and across your body in a diagonal chopping path, pivoting the back foot and rotating through the hips and quadriceps.
Finish with your hands outside the opposite knee and the gluteus maximus and calves driving the rotation.
Exhale as you chop down and inhale as you rotate back to the start under control.
Avoid rounding the lower back during the pull; let the rotation come from the hips and torso together.

Muscles worked

CoreThe group of trunk muscles across the abdomen, sides, and lower back that stabilize the spine and pelvis and transfer force between the upper and lower body. All Core exercises

External ObliquesMuscles on the sides of the abdomen responsible for trunk rotation and lateral flexion. All External Obliques exercises

Related Core exercises

Cable Low-to-High Wood Chop Cable Rotational Chop Cable Wood Chop Dumbbell Woodchop Hanging Knee Raise (Oblique)Hanging Windshield Wiper

Type: Strength
Equipment: Cable Machine
Primary muscles: Core, External Obliques
Measured in: Reps and weight