Cable Horizontal Wood Chop

[fortyisfab]

Hello All!

I started stage 2 yesterday and am having trouble with CHWoodchops. My gym's cable pulley is either up high or on the floor, no "midbody" height. I tried to do the chop on the low setting but my back protested. I felt the twisting in my low back and was a little nervous about continuing. Are there adjustments I can make to compensate?

My thanks to the sisterhood on this site who continue to advise and inspire me.

[DanceDiva]

The pulley should be adjustable. Did you look to see if there was a pin knob on the side?

[rubyam]

There is a variation with a medicine ball described in the book. I did that about half the time.

[fortyisfab]

I'll look more closely tomorrow. I'll also give the medicine ball a try! Thanks!!

[Bytsi]

Our gym has the same pulley - ours is fixed with just an upper or lower attachment - no slider at all. I used a stretchy-band wrapped around a solid object (side-bar of a weight machine) for the wood chops. Thick band gives a decent workout...

[LancelotsLover]

Also, are you sure your gym doesn't have one of those smaller freestanding cable machines with the arms that adjust inward/outward and up/down? Forget the name, but you can use one arm of those for the woodchops.

[fortyisfab]

Will take a look around today to see. Thanks for the suggestions!