Chest · Cable
Cable Standing-up Straight Crossovers
How to do the cable standing-up straight crossovers, 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 both cable pulleys to about chest height and grab a handle in each hand. Stand tall in the middle with arms out to the sides and a slight bend in the elbows. Sweep your hands together straight in front of your chest, squeeze, then return with control to feel the stretch across your pecs.
- 1Feel the stretch across your chest as your arms open wide
- 2Squeeze your pecs together as your hands meet in front
- 3Keep a fixed slight bend in your elbows throughout
Common mistakes
- Do not bend your elbows more to turn it into a press
- Avoid shrugging your shoulders up toward your ears
- Do not lean back or use your torso to swing the weight
Muscles worked
The cable standing-up straight crossovers mainly works the mid chest, with the upper chest, lower chest, front delts, and internal rotators assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- Upper ChestSupport
- Lower ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- Internal RotatorsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Lower AbsMinor
- ObliquesMinor
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Last reviewed June 2026.