Cable Woodchop
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Cable Woodchop is a cable core movement. It primarily trains the Obliques, with the Transverse Abdominis assisting. In Rebar it is logged as weight × reps, so every set contributes to your volume, your estimated 1RM and your Strength Index. It is also called cable woodchop, wood chop, woodchops.
Movement details
Primary muscle
Obliques
Secondary
Transverse Abdominis
Equipment
Cable
Tracked as
Weight × reps
Category
obliques
Also known as
cable woodchopwood chopwoodchopscable chopcable oblique rotationoblique rotationcable rotationcable twisthalf kneeling wood chophalf kneel wood chopkneeling wood chop
Track your Cable Woodchop
Log it in Rebar and this page becomes your record for the lift: every session, your heaviest set, and estimated-1RM progression over time.
More Obliques exercises
Movements whose primary mover is also the Obliques.
More core with a cable
Same equipment, same area — useful when the rack is busy.