but few work it as intensely as the wood chop. This exercise keeps your trunk activated in a rotational movement pattern, as well as multiple abdominal and back muscles for stability. In addition ...

The following muscles are worked in the wood chop exercise: Apart from the no equipment option, you can go for a cable machine or something as simple as a resistance band to do this core ...

Next up on my weird and wonderful quest to work my abs — wood ... with the correct form, the wood chop is also working your shoulders, hips, thighs, and calf muscles, as well as your core ...

This week: half kneeling wood chop. Your core is made up of the muscles in your pelvis, lower back, hips and abdomen that all work in harmony. However, sitting down for hours a day can lead to ...

It may be slightly less manly than taking an axe and a flannel shirt out into the woods, but the acceleration, rotation and deceleration of the dumbbell double wood chop gives your core muscles a ...

Although I personally favour doing exercises that develop deep core muscles over building a six ... but in fact a wood chop. “The wood chop engages your obliques in a way that sit-ups and ...

Hardly anyone thinks to work their obliques ... These exercises – the suitcase walk, side bends and the cable wood chop – will also strengthen your core and improve your overall strength ...

Reverse Cable Wood Chops: The cable wood chop ... Starfish crunches work your obliques and lower abdominal muscles more than regular crunches.

Doing core work is satisfying in part because of the burning feeling you get in your ab muscles, but it's also important for so many reasons. Building a strong, stable core helps with your overall ...

The former runner is also using his hard-earned muscles for more involved challenges ... with sponsor Ten Thousand which he called Chop Wood, Carry Water. He based the challenge on a proverb ...