What is low to high cable crossover?
Cable crossovers target the pectoralis major muscles’ sternal heads, found in the bottom of your chest as well as activating muscles in your shoulder and back. The standing Cable crossover exercise recruits the third most muscle fibres in your chest, only behind bench press and flyes.
What does low to high cable fly work?
The standing low to high cable fly is a variation of the chest fly and an exercise used to strengthen the pushing muscles of the body including the chest, triceps, and shoulders. This movement can be included into your chest workouts, push workouts, upper body workouts, or full body workouts.
How wide should a cable crossover be?
You should begin a cable crossover with your arms extended and out wide, but with that very slight bend at the elbows. As you raise the weights and bring your hands forward and together, your hands should follow an arced path instead of a straight line (a motion some trainers compare to hugging a big tree).
Is Low Cable fly good?
The most natural function of the upper chest is flexion and horizontal adduction, something the bench press can’t do alone. Low to high cable flyes perfectly mimic the line of pull (and action) of the clavicular pectoralis. It’s one of the best exercises around for “filling in” the upper chest up near the collarbone.
Why are cable crossovers so hard?
Doing cross-overs feels extra hard when you have your feet together, because you’re not well-equipped to absorb the changes in your center of gravity. This added level of difficulty leads some people to believe it’s making the movement better. It’s not. Cross-overs are detail work, not full-body work.
Can you build chest with just cables?
Instead, to build a bigger and stronger chest effectively and safely, do standing cable flyes. This machine move keeps tension on your chest muscles for both the lifting and lowering parts of each rep, which isn’t the case with free weights.
Which is the best position for the cable crossover?
The cable crossover is a great chest exercise because it stretches the pecs from the start position, hitting the outer pec muscle fibers. Your pulley position is determined by the area of the chest you want to target. Setting the pulleys in the highest position focuses on the lower pecs, while the lowest position will work your upper pecs.
Is it safe to do a cable crossover?
Now, we know you want to jump into the exercise but let’s talk about safety first… The cable crossover and any fly-type movement can place your shoulders in a vulnerable position (It’s just the way it is). This can cause impingement issues which are no fun and will keep you out of commission for a while.
How does a low pulley cable crossover work?
A Low Pulley Cable Crossover involves setting the pulleys to the lowest position and performing the Cable Crossover as previously described. Your palms will be facing the ceiling and you will pull to chest height, and lower to hip height. The Low Pulley Cable Crossover will engage the muscles of the upper chest and deltoids.
How to use the cable crossover ladder correctly?
Setting the pulleys in the highest position focuses on the lower pecs, while the lowest position will work your upper pecs. Placing the pulleys at shoulder height—with arms parallel to the floor—will target your middle pec fibers. My favorite way to work this area is a move I call the cable crossover ladder.