Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / chest
Machine chest press
Seat adjusted so handles align with mid-chest; back pinned to pad, feet flat.
Muscles
- Primary
- chest
- Supporting
- triceps, front delts
Mechanics
- Pattern
- horizontal press
- Equipment
- machine
- Geometry
- 90° Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Chest drives the handles out; scapulae stay retracted throughout the press.
- Progression
- Add a 2-second pause at the stretch position before pressing.
- Regression
- Reduce range of motion to where chest remains loaded without shoulder impingement.
Watch for
- Seat too high — loads front delts not chest
- Head leaving the pad on the press
- Bouncing the stack between reps
Substitutions
- Flat dumbbell press
- Barbell bench press
- Push-up