Strength · Horizontal press · Machine
Machine Chest Press
Machine Chest Press is a strength exercise on a machine that mainly works the chest, with help from the triceps and front delts.
How to do it
- Handles at mid-chest height, back against the pad
- Shoulder blades back and down
- Press forward until the arms are almost straight
- Bring the handles back slowly to a stretch
In Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead starts you on 3 sets of 8–12 reps with 2:00 rest. When every set reaches 12 reps, the weight goes up 2.5 kg, or 5 lb if you train in pounds.
Muscles worked
Mainly
- Chest
Also
- Triceps
- Front delts
Joints it loads
- Shoulder some
With an injury here, the app warns you before this exercise.
Log it in Sets Ahead
Sets Ahead works out your next set of machine chest press, and every other lift, from your own numbers.
Test it before releaseSimilar exercises
The same movement, done another way: what the app suggests when you swap.