Woodchop (Cable)
Also called Cable Woodchop
How to do it
Set one cable at the chosen high or low angle and stand sideways to the anchor holding the handle with both hands. Rotate and draw the handle diagonally across your body, pause without losing your stance, then return slowly along the same path. Complete the set facing the other direction.
Setup
Stand side-on to the selected pulley height with both hands around one handle and arms softly bent. Step away for tension, use an athletic stance, and keep ribs stacked over pelvis.
Where you should feel it
Through the core and obliques as the torso turns and controls the return, with the hips and inner and outer thighs stabilizing the stance.
When to use it
Use for diagonal rotational strength and sport-oriented trunk control. Keep the chosen cable angle consistent within a logged exercise until directional history is formally separated.