
From there, slowly return to the starting position and repeat, this time crossing the left over the right.Ĭontinue to alternate in this fashion until your pecs are starting to feel like a towering inferno….and then do a couple more! You’ll feel the squeeze right down the center of the pecs and from the bottom up. Now, from there grab each handle with your palm facing behind you (very important to activate the internal rotators of the shoulder to pre-activate the chest muscles) and stand with your feet slightly wider than shoulder width apart and your arms held straight and out to your sides.īring the hands a bit in front of the body and now cross them in front of you (no higher than waist height) right over left.

Take the normal weight you use for high to low cable crossovers and cut that weight in at least half. Start by setting up two low pulleys on either side of you. It’s actually very easy to perform, but not so easy to complete!
#Cable crossover iso#
Or to be exact, ISO Low Cross! That’s what I call the exercise that I regard as the quickest and fastest way to develop inner and lower pecs. So what to do? Simple….isolate even further. One Exercise to Develop Inner and Lower Pecs FAST Why are these wrong? Because usually the biggest mover of the weights in these exercises is NOT the muscles you’re trying to work, but rather momentum of the body and unwanted contribution of the lats and serratus muscles! The thing is…these are all wrong (at least when it comes to maximally developing the lower and inner chest!). Guys crossing low to high, high to low, one arm at a time, lying down on a bench like a cable fly, etc. Get off your butt (literally) and on your feet at every opportunity in the gym! That one simple switch in your routine is enough to add at least 5-10 lbs of solid muscle to your frame simply by engaging more of the larger and core muscle tie-ins into the workload. In the latter you’re doing the exercise on your feet! As any of my AthLEAN-X guys can attest, I’m a big fan of that in almost all of your training. Well…I’ll give you the best reason to trade in the pec deck for the cable cross.

The Key To Building Massive Muscle – Get On Your Feet! Did you ever wonder why the squat rack always seems empty?!?Īnyway, why is this massive configuration of iron and cables such a gym rat favorite? Because it’s believed to be the best place to get that deep line between the chest that so many guys covet and… it’s a heck of a lot cooler looking than the seated pec deck machines! Is it me or is that so 80’s?!? It’s probably the second most popular spot…second to the water fountain (or now…the shake bar!). Head to any gym and you’ll most likely see someone occupying the cable crossover machine at ALL times.
