Core · Cable
Cable Single Arm High to Low Woodchopper
How to do the cable single arm high to low woodchopper, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- Rotation
- Mechanic
- Compound
How to do it
Set a cable to its highest position and attach a single handle. Stand sideways to the stack and grip the handle with the hand farthest away, arm high. Pull the handle down and across your body toward your opposite hip in a chopping arc, rotating through your trunk, then return under control. Finish the set on one side before switching.
- 1Obliques driving the chop down and across your body
- 2Rotation coming from the trunk, not just the arms
- 3Hips and knees staying stable as you turn
Common mistakes
- Pulling with the arms while the torso stays still
- Rounding or yanking through the bottom of the chop
- Letting the cable snap you back up at the end
Muscles worked
The cable single arm high to low woodchopper mainly works the obliques and lower abs, with the lats, upper abs, forearms, lower back, and glutes assisting.
- ObliquesPrimary
- Lower AbsPrimary
- LatsSupport
- Upper AbsSupport
- ForearmsSupport
- Lower BackSupport
- GlutesSupport
- BicepsMinor
- TricepsMinor
- Upper TrapsMinor
- Mid TrapsMinor
- Lower TrapsMinor
- QuadsMinor
- Front DeltsMinor
- Side DeltsMinor
- Rear DeltsMinor
- Hip FlexorsMinor
Kovo programs the cable single arm high to low woodchopper for you and tracks it every session.
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Last reviewed June 2026.