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Half-kneeling cable chop

A isolation exercise for the obliques and abs, with help from the front delts. Equipment: cable machine.

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How to do it

  1. Setup: Kneel on the inside knee, side-on to a high pulley, rope in both hands.
  2. Pull the rope down and across to the far hip
  3. Return slowly with the hips square

Muscles worked

Half-kneeling cable chop: 3D figure mid-rep with the obliques and abs highlighted

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