Chest Press (Machine)
Sit in a machine and press the handles forward along a fixed path. Also called Machine Chest Press and Chest Press.
- Pattern
- Press forward
- Equipment
- Machine
- Works
- Chest, front delt, triceps
- Loads
- Shoulders, elbows
If something hurts
Not medical advice. Sharp pain, numbness or swelling needs someone qualified to look at it.
Each swap below spares one joint.
Elbow Cable Fly
Elbows stay fixed, so the arms are out of the press.
When it stalls, these usually help
Machine presses usually give out at lockout, which is triceps work.
Shoulder pressing trains the front of the shoulder the chest press leans on.
A machine pull to match the machine press, so the shoulder is worked from both sides.
How Swolver coaches it
This lift is read from your own sessions. When it goes flat for four weeks, Swolver names the likely cause in plain words, such as weekly sets that dropped, and the one change to make. The rules are all on the method page.