Smith Machine Decline Press

ChestMachineBeginnerCompound
Smith Machine Decline Press — start position
Start
Smith Machine Decline Press — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryChest
SecondaryShoulders, Triceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    Position a decline bench in the rack so that the bar will be above your chest. Load an appropriate weight and take your place on the bench.

  2. 02

    Rotate the bar to unhook it from the rack and fully extend your arms. Your back should be slightly arched and your shoulder blades retracted. This will be your starting position.

  3. 03

    Begin the movement by flexing your arms, lowering the bar to your chest.

  4. 04

    Pause briefly, and then extend your arms to push the weight back to the starting position.

  5. 05

    After completing the desired number of repetitions, rotate the bar to rack the weight.

In the app

Smith Machine Decline Press appears when you own the machine and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have the machine

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

With cable

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