How to Do
How to Do Standing Cable Chop Staggered Stance
Each standing cable chop staggered stance should begin with a good posture to avoid injury. Brace the spine by drawing your lower abdomen inward. Your core muscles should be activated to support your posture as you perform the exercise.
If any pain is experienced, immediately stop this standing cable chop staggered stance.
Beginning
Beginning Standing Cable Chop
1. Place your body in such a way that the cable movement is downward and across your body, as if you were chopping down a tree. Place your feet comfortably apart and both hands on the cable handle above one shoulder.
2. Swing the gripped handle across your body until it reaches the opposite thigh. You can pivot from your ankle and rotate your hips and knees slightly.
3. Allow the cable weight to retract the handle to the starting position at the end position.
4. Do 8 to 10 repetitions on each side of the body, then switch your stance and repeat the exercise on the opposite side.
Movement
Standing Cable Chop Movement
1. This movement starts off with a cable located up high.
2. When you perform this movement, the cable will be to the left or right of you.
3. You will be grabbing the cable with only the hand opposite of the side that it is on so that it is across your body.
4. Grabbing the cable with both of your hands in an interlocking grip, pull away, twist your body and simultaneously come down and across your body.
5. Think of it as a diagonal line. The cable starts at 1 o'clock and finishes at 7 o'clock. To finish the motion, come back from the bottom and reverse the motion to return to where you started. Count this as one repetition.
Benefits
Standing Cable Chop Benefits
Strength in a pull pattern from a standing position has improved.
The front leg's hamstring and butt muscles, as well as the pulling arm's latissimus and upper back muscles, are all fully activated.
Strengthens the posterior oblique system in a natural way.
