Chest · Other · Compound · Beginner
Svend Press
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Chest
- Also working
- Forearms, Shoulders, Triceps
How to do it
- Begin in a standing position.
- Press two lightweight plates together with your hands. Hold the plates together close to your chest to create an isometric contraction in your chest muscles. Your fingers should be pointed forward. This is your starting position.
- Squeeze the plates between your palms and extend your arms directly out in front of you in a controlled motion.
- Pause at the top of the motion, and then slowly return to the starting position.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the chest as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other chest exercises
- Standing Cable Chest Press · Cable
- Straight-Arm Dumbbell Pullover · Dumbbell
- Suspended Push-Up · Other
- Wide-Grip Barbell Bench Press · Barbell
- Wide-Grip Decline Barbell Bench Press · Barbell
- Wide-Grip Decline Barbell Pullover · Barbell
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