With gyms across the UK still closed a few friends have tried some ideas of their own to stimulate their chest more. This is the setup they showed me and I get an incredible workout on my chest with it. The setup is really simple, but does this exercise have a name?
Setup - Flat bench, plate, cable fly machine.
Motion - Squeeze plate with palms as hard as possible and push plate up chest.
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07-01-2020, 05:00 PM #1
What is this Chest Exercise Called?
Last edited by William2018; 07-01-2020 at 05:07 PM.
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07-01-2020, 05:26 PM #2
Are you pulling the plate overhead? If not, I guess the cable and weight are for stability of the motion? Closed grip press essentially then.
No idea what it's really called.Life is constant learning. Give advice about things you know. Ask questions about things you don't.
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07-01-2020, 05:27 PM #3
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07-01-2020, 05:28 PM #4
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07-01-2020, 05:42 PM #5
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07-01-2020, 07:18 PM #6
Svend press
Though hooking up to a cable machine seems pointless. Just press a heavier plate. Weight is weight, there's nothing magic about the cable machine.
A resistance band would probably give you better chest activation if you hook the band beneath your chest. That angle from the cable machine looks like it hits more front delts and biceps, because you have to keep the plate pulled towards your face. For chest activation you want directly forward from the chest.Once upon a time (maxes 2020) ...
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07-02-2020, 06:27 AM #7
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07-02-2020, 06:41 AM #8
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07-03-2020, 04:37 PM #9
The king of all chest squeeze exercises, the svend press. Normally you stand upright, pinch a plate together and slowly push forward and back - if performed correctly you will feel a boatload of tension all throughout the chest, and get a lil shoulder and tricep work in as well. Very tough after a good set of benchpressing, be it from dumbbells or barbell - it is extreme as a superset followup. I would not use very big plates on it though, as it does lower the range of motion the larger the diameter is. I find it more effective the smaller the diameter, and that challenge can be increased by clasping more of the object together. It isn't about the weight so much as the hold strength used, as it's an isometric exercise. A compound that feels like an isolation, and activates isometrically - something not really experienced in most other chest exercises. I use them in place of flyes sometimes, and love the response they give.
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