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What muscles does the low cable crossover work?

By Carter Sullivan
  • 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 muscles does the low pulley cable bench work?

As a pulling exercise, the cable row targets the back muscles, especially the lats. It also works the muscles in the forearms and upper arms, particularly the biceps and triceps.

Is Low Cable Row good?

Low cable rows are a compound exercise that is actually done while sitting down. You’re likely to come across low cable rows often in upper-body workouts, mainly because they are a great way to target the the middle back, as well as the biceps, lats, and shoulders.

Are cable crossovers effective?

Answer. The cable crossover is a great chest exercise because it stretches the pecs from the start position, hitting the outer pec muscle fibers. Each time you move the pulleys up one position, the exercise becomes slightly easier, allowing you to continue with little to no rest between positions.

How do you do a low pulley cable crossover?

While maintaining a slight bend in your elbows, open your arms outwards and backwards until your elbows are slightly behind you on either side of your body. Exhale. Using the muscles in your chest, pull the handles forward to return to the starting position. Repeat for the specified number of repetitions.

What cable crossover works lower chest?

3. Target The Lower Pecs With Single-Joint Exercises. The high cable cross-over (with the pulleys attached to the top), decline bench fly, and cable fly all target the lower pecs while eliminating contribution from the triceps. With single-joint exercises, use a slightly higher rep range than you would for presses.