Standing Cable Crossover

Standing Cable Crossover Basics

Primary muscles worked: Chest

Synergist Muscles: Shoulders

Mechanics: Isolation

Equipment: Dual cable tower with two hand attachments.

How To Perform The Standing Cable Crossover

• First, grab hand attachments that are set at shoulder height. Allow your arms to extend laterally.
• Now, bring the hand attachments across the mid-line of your body with a slight bend in the elbow and utilizing your pectoral muscles to do so. The movement for this exercise is in an arc-like path.
• Once your hands and cables are partially crossed over, you may return to the starting position.

Standing Cable Crossover Tips

• Do not extend your arms past the starting position as this may cause undue stress on the pecs and rotator cuff.
• It may also be helpful to take a staggered stance, with one foot a step ahead, and one foot a step behind your body. This will allow for greater stabilization during the exercise.

Standing Cable Crossover and Sports Application

The standing cable crossover is an excellent overall exercise for building standing chest power, which can be seen in many sports. For example, a standing cable crossover could easily be seen as a hook punch in boxing, or could be seen as a related movement to the pass that quarterbacks through in football.