Resistance band woodchopper

Muscles worked: Abs
Abs
🔧 Resistance band 🔄 Also works with cable machine ↕ Rotation 🎗️ medium band 🔁 reps Difficulty: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ●

Muscle outlines from Body Muscles by Ivan Vulović, Apache 2.0 — regrouped and recoloured for Muscle Train.

How to perform

Anchor band at chest height. Sit sideways on bench/ball, tall posture, both hands extended to band. Rotate torso away, pull band diagonally across to opposite hip (arms extended, soft elbows). Contract obliques. Inhale, reverse resisting pull to start. Neutral spine.

Muscles Worked

External obliques
Secondary: Internal obliques, Rectus abdominis, Transverse abdominis

Tips

Start rotation from core. Eyes track hands. Straight arms throughout. Brace core tight. Always neutral spine. Exhale on chop/rotate; inhale return (core braced).

Similar exercises

Resistance band woodchopper high to low Abs · 🔧 Resistance band 2/10 Cable woodchopper Abs · 🔧 cable machine 3/10 Resistance band wood chop Abs, Shoulders, Back · 🔧 Resistance band 2/10
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