How to Do Band Wood Chop (Low to High): Muscles Worked & Proper Form

Muscles Worked in Band Wood Chop (Low to High)

Primary muscles worked:

• Obliques

Secondary muscles worked:

• Abs

How to Do Band Wood Chop (Low to High)

1. Fasten a handle in cable machine, as low as possible. Grip the handle with both hands, step away, and stand sideways to the cable’s anchor point.
2. With almost straight arms, make a sweeping, chopping-like movement diagonally upward.
3. Return to the starting position in a controlled manner.
4. Repeat for reps.

Commentary

Wood chops is a good exercise for your oblique abdominal muscles, as it combines its rotating and flexing actions on the torso.