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Strength exercise

Cable Rotational Chop

How to do it

  1. Set the pulley to chest height and stand sideways to the machine with feet wider than shoulder-width, gripping the handle with both hands extended toward the tower.
  2. Brace your core and set a slight bend in both knees to create a stable base.
  3. Rotate your torso and hips away from the machine, pulling the handle across your body in a flat, horizontal arc powered by the quadriceps and gluteus maximus.
  4. Pivot the back foot as you finish with the handle at the outside of your hip, calves engaged to stabilize the turn.
  5. Exhale as you rotate away and inhale as you return to face the machine.
  6. Avoid letting the arms do the pulling alone; drive the rotation from the hips and trunk.

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

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