"Woodchops work your abdominals, obliques, and a multitude of other muscles all at once. Therefore, you're torching calories while doing them. Since your goal is to burn fat and tone your muscles, you get a two-for-one with this exercise," says Chadwell. This move is great for stability, sports performance, back health, and total body impact, and you should consider keeping it in your arsenal at all times.
- To begin, squat and twist left to hold the dumbbell on the outside of your left leg.
- Exhale, and lift the weight diagonally across your body, ending twisted to the right with the dumbbell above your head. Pivot on your left foot as needed.
- Control the weight back up to the starting position to complete one rep.
- Do 3 sets of 15 reps on each side.
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