CoreIntermediateIsolation
Cable Woodchop
Diagonal cable chop from high to low.
Benefits
- Rotational power
- Obliques and coordination
How to do it
- Rotate through the hips, not the lower back
- Arms fairly straight
- Control the return
Common mistakes
- Twisting only at the spine
- Too heavy
Starting prescription
- sets
- 3
- reps
- 10–12
- Rest
- 60 s
- Reps in reserve
- 2
- Load step
- 2.5 kg
Safety and limitations
- Lower back · Avoid
Avoid with a moderate or worse lower-back limitation; use an easier alternative.
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