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

Muscles Worked in Horizontal Wood Chops

Primary muscles worked:

• Obliques

How to Do Horizontal Wood Chops

1. Fasten a handle in a cable machine, at about shoulder height. Grip the handle 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.