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Leverage Decline Chest Press

Leverage Decline Chest Press is a beginner strength exercise using machine. It works the chest, with help from the shoulders and triceps.

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Main muscles
chest
Also works
shoulders, triceps

How to do it

  1. Load an appropriate weight onto the pins and adjust the seat for your height. The handles should be near the bottom of the pectorals at the beginning of the motion. Your chest and head should be up and your shoulder blades retracted. This will be your starting position.
  2. Press the handles forward by extending through the elbow.
  3. After a brief pause at the top, return the weight just above the start position, keeping tension on the muscles by not returning the weight to the stops until the set is complete.

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General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).

Leverage Decline Chest Press: muscles worked and how to do it | Hominin