For golf
For golf, cable woodchop rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in.
Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
The research score comes from these, scored by hand from the studies. Lifter scores appear once an exercise has 10 ratings. How scores work
Cable Woodchop. Loaded rotation through the same diagonal as the swing.
Landmine Rotation. Rotation driven from the hips under load, close to the sequence of the swing.
For racket sports, cable woodchop rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in.
For golf, cable woodchop rates higher on our research criteria: easier to learn and fit in. Both are good choices that work the same way, so they swap freely. Rotating between them every few weeks is an easy way to vary your training.
About the same: both are easy to learn.
Cable woodchop needs a cable station, so for most people it’s a gym exercise. Landmine rotation needs a landmine and a barbell, so for most people it’s a gym exercise.
About the same: both rate Good for injury protection in our research rubric.