Comments on: Woodchop and Reverse Woodchop http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/exercise-technique-woodchop-and-reverse-woodchop.html Training and Nutrition advice, straight from the monkey's mouth. Sun, 22 Jan 2012 21:56:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Mladen Jovanovic http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/training/exercise-technique-woodchop-and-reverse-woodchop.html/comment-page-1#comment-271 Mladen Jovanovic Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:14:04 +0000 http://www.bodyrecomposition.com/blog/2008/04/14/exercise-technique-woodchop-and-reverse-woodchop/#comment-271 Lyle, IMO both dynamic and stability/anti-rotation versions are anti-rotation. In dynamic movement there is no (much) of lumbar rotation, rather, your full body is rotating (chest and hips) using pivoting (rotationg at the feet) and the lumbar spine stays 'static'. If you want 'true' dynamic movement, do your dynamic version without pivot. I am all for avoiding lumbar spine rotation, so I guess eliminating legs from the exercise by using kneling and split stances (or avoiding pivoting), one should learn to rotate in the thoracic spine and keep lumbar spine static. Lyle,

IMO both dynamic and stability/anti-rotation versions are anti-rotation. In dynamic movement there is no (much) of lumbar rotation, rather, your full body is rotating (chest and hips) using pivoting (rotationg at the feet) and the lumbar spine stays ‘static’.

If you want ‘true’ dynamic movement, do your dynamic version without pivot.
I am all for avoiding lumbar spine rotation, so I guess eliminating legs from the exercise by using kneling and split stances (or avoiding pivoting), one should learn to rotate in the thoracic spine and keep lumbar spine static.

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