One Legged Cross Body Chops -

One Legged Cross Body Chops

Exercise Tips

Control the motion- do not swing your arms or legs
Contract your abdominals the entire time
Slightly bend at the elbows

One Legged Cross Body Chops

This exercise targets your entire core abdominals area and provides a low to moderate cardio benefit.

Muscle Group

Abdominals, Obliques

Frequency

1 Day a Week to
3 Days a Week

Equipment

Medicine Ball

Cardiovascular Benefit

Low to Moderate

Starting Position: Stand balancing on your right foot with your left leg loose and hanging off the side, toes touching the ground. Hold a medicine ball above your right shoulder with your arms fully extended.

1 Keeping your arms fully extended, exhale and rotate your arms down and diagonally across your body toward the ground, swinging your left leg back about a foot as you do so. At the end of the movement, the ball should be slightly lower than your knee.
2 Inhale and return to starting position.
3 Repeat this exercise until you have completed all repetitions for the set, then switch sides and repeat motions.

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One Legged Cross Body Chops

Exercise Tips

One Legged Cross Body Chops

Muscle Group

Frequency

Equipment

Cardiovascular Benefit

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