Chest · Cable
Cable Standing Squeeze Upper Chest Press
How to do the cable standing squeeze upper chest press, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Cable
- Difficulty
- Intermediate
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Set two low cable pulleys and stand between them holding a handle in each hand. Press the handles up and inward toward each other at upper-chest height, squeezing your chest together at the top, then return under control.
- 1Your upper chest squeezing as the handles meet in front
- 2Constant cable tension pulling against your chest
- 3An upward and inward press path toward your collarbone
Common mistakes
- Letting your shoulders roll forward as you press
- Using momentum or leaning into the handles
- Pressing flat instead of up and in toward the upper chest
Muscles worked
The cable standing squeeze upper chest press mainly works the upper chest, with the mid chest, front delts, and triceps assisting.
- Upper ChestPrimary
- Mid ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- TricepsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.