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I am following the punch pull legs program

Today is the pull A workout. But my gym doesn't have the adjustable height cable machine

Shiva199517
Shiva199517 g Shiva kumar Jayaraman
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Hey today in the pull A workout I saw the wood chipper exercise which needs an adjustable height cable machine. My gym doesn't have it. Is there any replacement exercise for it?. Either using dumbels or cable machine?

jmboiardi
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Posted By: Shiva199517

Hey today in the pull A workout I saw the wood chipper exercise which needs an adjustable height cable machine. My gym doesn't have it. Is there any replacement exercise for it?. Either using dumbels or cable machine?

You can do Russian side twists where you sit on the floor with your knees bent. You take a dumbell or weight plate and hold it between your two hands. You then twist all the way to the right, come center, then twist all the way to the left, then come center again. That is 1 rep.

 

https://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/russian-twist

 

John

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Scott_Herman
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Posted By: jmboiardi

You can do Russian side twists where you sit on the floor with your knees bent. You take a dumbell or weight plate and hold it between your two hands. You then twist all the way to the right, come center, then twist all the way to the left, then come center again. That is 1 rep.

 

https://www.bodybuilding.com/exercises/russian-twist

 

John

Great alternative! Give this a try @Shiva199517!

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Great alternative! Give this a try @Shiva199517!

My gym doesn't have the adjustable cable machine either, the machine I use has the cable on the bottom so I've just been doing the wood choppers on that machine...should I stop doing them this way and replace it with the russian side twists too?

Scott_Herman
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Posted By: nyyanks937

My gym doesn't have the adjustable cable machine either, the machine I use has the cable on the bottom so I've just been doing the wood choppers on that machine...should I stop doing them this way and replace it with the russian side twists too?

No you can keep doing them from the bottom position. It will still be working your entire oblique, just placing a little more emphasis on the lower section.

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