Woodchopper (Cable)
Trains the abdominals. You need a machine. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Woodchopper (Cable)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a abdominals exercise that is, there are 9 on the Abdominals page.
Muscles worked
What Woodchopper (Cable) trains
Technique
How to do the Woodchopper (Cable)
- Set a cable pulley at about chest height and attach a handle. Stand side-on to the machine with your feet wider than shoulder-width apart and hold the handle with both hands, arms long.
- Brace your core and rotate your torso away from the machine, pulling the handle across your body and down towards your far hip.
- Let your back foot pivot as you turn, keeping your arms fairly straight.
- Return slowly to the start. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions, then switch sides.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Turn from your torso and hips; your arms just hold the handle.
- Control the way back; don't let the cable pull you round.
- Exhale as you chop across and inhale as you return.
- Start light: the obliques tire quickly.
Substitutes
Swap Woodchopper (Cable) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Woodchopper (Cable) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.