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Cable crossover

Chest · Cable

Sets, reps and RIR

Sets3 to 4
Reps8 to 12
RIR1 to 2

Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Chest.

Secondary: Front delts.

Estimate your one-rep max

Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.

Enter a set to see the estimate.

What it is called elsewhere

  • Norwegian Kabel crossover
  • Swedish Cable crossover
  • Danish Kabel crossover
  • German Cable Crossover
  • Spanish Cruce de poleas
  • Italian Croci ai cavi
  • Portuguese Crossover (polia)
  • Russian Сведение рук в кроссовере
  • French Écarté à la poulie vis-à-vis

Related chest exercises

  • Bench press (barbell)
  • Incline bench press (barbell)
  • Decline bench press (barbell)
  • Close-grip bench press (barbell)
  • Landmine press
  • Flat dumbbell press

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