How to Do Horizontal Wood Chop with Band: Muscles Worked & Proper Form

Muscles Worked in Horizontal Wood Chops

Primary muscles worked:

• Obliques

How to Do Horizontal Wood Chops

1. Fasten an elastic band at shoulder height. Grip the band with both hands, step away, and stand sideways to the band’s anchor point.
2. With almost straight arms, make a sweeping, horizontal movement to your other side.
3. Return to the starting position in a controlled manner.

Commentary

Horizontal wood chop trains the rotating function of your oblique abdominal muscles. To also train their flexing function, you can attach the band to a higher point, and perform the movement diagonally downwards.