Chest · Leverage Machine
Lever Standing Pec Fly
How to do the lever standing pec fly, 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
Stand in the standing pec fly machine with your chest against the pad and forearms on the vertical arm pads. Drive the pads together in front of your chest using your pecs, squeeze at the midline, then let the arms open back out under control until you feel a stretch across the chest.
- 1Your chest contracting as the pads come together in front
- 2A squeeze through the pecs at the midline
- 3A controlled stretch across the chest as the arms open
Common mistakes
- Letting the shoulders roll forward and round
- Using a jerky motion instead of a smooth squeeze
- Bouncing out of the stretch at the open position
Muscles worked
The lever standing pec fly mainly works the mid chest, with the lower chest, upper chest, and front delts assisting.
- Mid ChestPrimary
- Lower ChestSupport
- Upper ChestSupport
- Front DeltsSupport
- ForearmsMinor
- Upper AbsMinor
- Internal RotatorsMinor
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- How to do the paused bench press
Last reviewed June 2026.