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Chest Exercises - Smith Machine Bench Press


Smith Machine Bench Press

Exercise Advice: This exercise is very similar to the regular flat barbell bench press. The only difference is that the Smith machine acts as a spotter for you! Place a free standing flat bench under a Smith Machine (if you not know what a Smith machine, simply ask a trainer at your gym to assist you). Lie flat on your back and grab the barbell above you with a grip slightly beyond shoulder width apart. Lift the barbell off of the rack and slowly lower it to about 3 inches above your chest and then press the bar back to the start position. DO NOT TOUCH THE BAR TO YOUR CHEST (this causes unneeded stress on your shoulder joints and takes the tension away from your pec muscles, which are what we want to be doing the work!). Be sure that when you are lowering the bar that you do so in a slow and controlled fashion. Conversely, when you press the bar upward, you want to do so in an explosive fashion. Repeat this movement for as many repetitions as you can until failure.

 

Upper Chest Exercises:
Chest Exercises - Incline Barbell Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Incline Bench Cable Flyes
Chest Exercises - Incline Dumbbell Flyes
Chest Exercises - Incline Supinating Dumbbell Flyes
Chest Exercises - Incline Bench Dumbbell Press
Chest Exercises - Hammer Grip Incline Dumbbell Press
Chest Exercises - Declined Push Ups
Chest Exercises - Smith Machine Incline Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Exercise Ball Inclined Pushups

Middle Chest Exercises:
Chest Exercises - Barbell Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Barbell Pullovers
Chest Exercises - Dumbbell Pullovers
Chest Exercises - Pec Deck Butterflys
Chest Exercises - Cable Crossovers
Chest Exercises - Close Grip Barbell Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Dips
Chest Exercises - Flat Bench Dumbbell Press
Chest Exercises - Flat Bench Dumbbell Flyes
Chest Exercises - Flat Bench Cable Flyes
Chest Exercises - Isometric Chest Presses
Chest Exercises - Machine Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Single Arm Dumbbell Flyes
Chest Exercises - Narrow Grip Push Ups
Chest Exercises - Push Ups
Chest Exercises - Smith Machine Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Wide Grip Barbell Bench Press
Chest Exercises - FreeMotion Cable Crossovers
Chest Exercises - Medicine Ball One Arm Pushups

Lower Chest Exercises:
Chest Exercises - Decline Barbell Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Decline Dumbbell Bench Press
Chest Exercises - Decline Dumbbell Flyes
Chest Exercises - Exercise Ball Push Ups
Chest Exercises - Wide Grip Decline Barbell Bench Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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