Resistance Band Wood Chop Exercise
The woodchop exercise places an emphasis on the oblique muscles which are used in twisting and side bending movements.
Teaching Points
- Stand with your feet shoulder width apart and knees slightly bent.
- Attach one end of the band to a stationary object and wrap the other end around both hands.
- Start with your arms up above the shoulder closest to the attachment.
- Keeping the elbows straight pull your hands down, across your body to the opposite hip.
- Concentrate on using your stomach to twist from one side to the other.
- Slowly return to the starting position.
Muscles Worked
- Internal Obliques.
- External Obliques.
Related Injuries
- Abdominal muscle strain.
