cable standing up straight crossovers

A chest exercise targeting the pectorals, performed with cable.

cable standing up straight crossovers demonstration
cable standing up straight crossovers β€” demonstration

Body part

Chest

Equipment

Cable

Target muscles

Pectorals

Secondary muscles

Deltoids, Triceps

How to do cable standing up straight crossovers

  1. Stand in the middle of a cable machine with your feet shoulder-width apart.

  2. Hold the handles of the cables with your palms facing down and your arms extended straight out to the sides.

  3. Keeping your arms straight, bring your hands together in front of your body, crossing them over each other.

  4. Pause for a moment, then slowly return to the starting position, keeping your arms extended.

  5. Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.

Muscles worked

Primary (target)

Pectorals

Secondary

DeltoidsTriceps

Related exercises

All chest exercises β†’

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