Banded woodchopper

Sets, reps and RIR

Bands give the least resistance where you are strongest, so chase reps and control, not load.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Obliques.

Secondary: Abs.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Vedhugg med strikk
• Svenska Vedhuggare med gummiband
• Dansk Woodchop med elastik
• Deutsch Holzfäller mit Band
• Español Leñador con banda elástica
• Italiano Spaccalegna con elastico
• Português Lenhador com elástico
• Русский Дровосек с резинкой
• Français Bûcheron (élastique)

Related core exercises

• Hanging leg raise
• Hanging knee raise
• Pelvic floor squeeze
• Plank
• Side plank
• Sit-ups

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.