Chest · Leverage Machine
Lever Crossovers
How to do the lever crossovers, the muscles it works, and the mistakes to avoid. Pulled straight from the Kovo app's exercise library.
- Equipment
- Leverage Machine
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Logged as
- Weighted reps
- Movement
- HorizontalPush
- Mechanic
- Isolation
How to do it
Sit or stand in a pec deck or chest crossover leverage machine with the handles set wide and your arms out to the sides at chest height, a slight bend in your elbows. Drive the handles together in front of your chest in a wide arc, squeezing your pecs at the midpoint. Return under control to the wide stretched position and repeat.
- 1Chest squeezing as the handles come together in front of you
- 2A stretch across your pecs in the wide starting position
- 3Elbows holding a fixed slight bend through the arc
Common mistakes
- Pressing with your arms instead of squeezing with your chest
- Letting the handles snap back and lose tension
- Shrugging your shoulders up toward your ears
Muscles worked
The lever crossovers mainly works the mid chest, with the lower chest, upper chest, and front delts assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- Lower ChestSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
Kovo programs the lever crossovers for you and tracks it every session.
We build your whole program, drop the right lifts into each workout, and adjust your weights as you get stronger. Free on iOS and Android.
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Last reviewed June 2026.