Carve Up Your Chest With Walking Crossovers...killer peak contraction pec exercise
1,898 views · Published 19 July 2016 · 3:59 · Indexed 12 November 2026
Channel: Nick Nilsson - the Mad Scientist of Muscle · 2016 · Sports
This version of the Cable Crossover is going to allow you to put a MASSIVE peak contraction on your pecs...with heavy weight...for a long period of time... Sound good? Keep reading... The Cable Crossover is an excellent exercise for targeting the peak contraction position of the pecs and really getting maximum muscle activation. However, it does have issues...most specifically problems at the shoulder joint. When done for a "full" range of motion, the exercise can put excessive strain on the shoulder joint for no real purpose. The best part of the exercise is the peak contracted position, with the hands together in front of your body, not the "stretch" where most of the joint issues arise at. This exercise improves on the conventional form of the crossover in a number of ways... First, you're going to use a shorter range of motion, keeping the shoulders in a stronger, safer position by avoiding that full stretch at the bottom of the exercise. Second, in order to maximize the tension on the pecs, you'll be doing this exercise as a "moving" static hold....which sounds completely contradictory at first glance. Essentially, you're going to be static holding your HANDS and moving your BODY. This "sort of" changes the exercise from an "open chain" exercise (where your limbs move through space and your body stays in place) to a "closed chain" exercise (where your limbs stay fixed and your body moves through space). (To be clear, this is definitely is bit "loose" with the definitions so don't take it as gospel) Third, this combination of isometric"ish" contraction and body movement allows you to use more weight for a longer a period of time WHILE you're applying continuous tension to the pecs...and we all know muscles NEED tension to grow. The exercise itself is very simple... This exercise method allows for continuous tension on the pecs and a hard peak contraction with very little (if any) torque on the shoulder joints. And because you're dynamically changing angles at the shoulders with body movement, you're hitting more of the "fan" of the pec muscle fibers than if you were to just do a normal isometric contraction in one position.... ...all with heavier weight than you could normally move in the regular exercise. So yes...it's a good one and an excellent way to finish off a chest workout (just one or two sets held as long as you can will be plenty)! -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Love a massive, skin-splitting chest pump? This workout will light you up... https://www.fitstep.com/2/time-volume-training/landers/closed-chain-open-chain-chest.htm -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to my YouTube channel and Facebook page for more unique exercises and unconventional training methods: YouTube Channel ► http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=nilssonnick Facebook ► http://www.facebook.com/nicknilssonmadscientist Instagram ► https://www.instagram.com/nicknilsson1/
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