Medicine Ball Woodchops / Chops
How to Do Medicine Ball Woodchops / Chops
- Stand with your feet no wider than shoulder width apart and hold the medicine ball with one hand at either side in front of your chest.
- Rotate your body from the waist up to the left side and raise the medicine ball over your left shoulder, not quite fully extending your arms. Be sure to get extra reach by pointing your right toe.
- Using a chopping motion, bring the ball diagonally across the front of your body so that the ball ends on the outer side of your right shin.
- Bring the ball straight up the right side of your body and again move diagonally across your body once again to complete the motion.
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Related Obliques Exercises
Standing Side Leans / Reaches / Bends
Bicycles / Elbow-to-Knee Crunches / Cross-body Crunches
Hanging Leg Raises to Bar
Medicine Ball Woodchops / Chops Exercise Details
Muscles worked
Medicine Ball Woodchops / Chops targets obliques and also works abs. Use the illustration and step-by-step instructions above to learn the movement pattern and practice proper form.
Equipment needed
This is a gym exercise. Equipment required: medicine ball.
Similar exercises
Related exercises that work similar muscle groups include Standing side leans / reaches / bends, bicycles / elbow-to-knee crunches / cross-body crunches and hanging leg raises to bar. Browse our free illustrated exercise directory for more exercises.
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