Wood chop with resistance band

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Primary target:
Stomach (Obliques)
Secondary target:
Stomach (Abdominals), Shoulders (Deltoids), Back (Trapezius)
Difficulty:
(4/10)
Equipment required:
How many reps should I do?
What weight should I use?

Techniques

To perform the Wood chop with resistance band safely, please follow these steps:
  1. Stand with feet hip width apart and your right foot over the resistance band about half way along
  2. Hold one handle of the resistance band with both hands interlocking your fingers
  3. With straight arms, slowly raise your hands in front of you and out to your left side
  4. Keep moving until your hands are just above head height over your left shoulder
  5. Now slowly lower your hands back to the starting position following the same pattern used on the way up
  6. Repeat steps 3 to 5 until you can no longer maintain correct technique

Alternatives

Side bends on fitball
Oblique stretch
Oblique stretch on fitball
Side plank
Hula hoop
Oblique stretch with raised arm