Cable Low to High Wood Chopper
A step-by-step form guide from the Ægir Iron exercise library: how to do the lift, what to watch for, and the muscles it trains.
- Equipment
- Cable
HOW TO PERFORM
- Set a cable handle at the bottom of the stack and stand side-on to it, feet wider than the hips, holding the handle in both hands low beside the near knee.
- Pull it diagonally up and across the body to above the far shoulder, pivoting the back foot and turning the hips and trunk together.
- Lower it along the same line with control.
- Finish the set, then switch sides.
FORM TIPS
- The arms stay long and only guide the handle. The turn comes from the hips and trunk, not from the shoulders.
TARGET MUSCLES
Primary
- Obliques
Secondary
- Abs
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