Cable Crossovers Chest Exercise

Build a bigger chest and add more chest muscle definition

Crossovers are an amazing chest sculpting exercise. It gives your chest muscles a fuller and more sculpted look. I also like it because since you use your legs, glutes and core muscles for balance and support, it becomes an excellent full body exercise as well. I recommend that it be done in the middle of your chest workout or towards the end.

There are many ways and variations to do this exercise including standing up more or less straight, bent-over or in a position somewhere in-between. When you do this exercise standing up you are focusing primarily on your upper pectoral muscles. When you are doing them completely bent-over you are working the entire chest muscle group including your upper pectoral muscles. By changing the angle at which you are bent forward will affect which chest muscles you will be working out and how you will work them out. It's a good idea to try different different positions for added exercise variation.

In my video, I first start with the crossovers in the standing or more upright position and then I do it in the completely bent-over position. The movement and the way to do both variations of this exercise are the same.

Method of Performance - Bent-Over Crossovers:

Crossover Exercise - Upright Standing Position

The way to do the crossover is the basically the same, just bring the handles in front of you following a plane that is horizontal to the floor, legs slightly apart with a very slight bend in the knees. You can also use a slightly bent forward lunge position for more support and stability with 1 foot bent out front and the other straight back. The handles should be set at around your shoulder or chest height based on machine slot availability.

Tips

It's a good idea to do stretches in between sets to keep your muscles flexible and to prevent future injuries and muscle soreness the next day.