Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / push
Svend press
Squeeze two plates together at chest level, press forward to full extension.
Muscles
- Primary
- chest
- Supporting
- None listed
Mechanics
- Pattern
- chest isolation
- Equipment
- barbell
- Geometry
- 90° Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Inner chest stays under constant lateral squeeze throughout the press.
- Progression
- Add plates; introduce a 2 s pause at full extension.
- Regression
- Cable fly if shoulder position is more comfortable.
Watch for
- Losing plate squeeze mid-rep — defeats the exercise
- Pressing overhead instead of straight forward
- Too heavy — causes shoulder compensation
Substitutions
- Cable fly
- Pec deck
- Band crossover fly