How do you perform this exercise?
- Adjust the height of the smith machine bar to chest level.
- Stand facing the bar with your feet shoulder-width apart.
- Grasp the bar with an overhand grip, hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart.
- Step back and position yourself with a slight bend in your knees.
- Keep your chest up and core engaged throughout the exercise.
- Lower the bar towards your chest, keeping your elbows tucked in.
- Pause for a moment at the bottom, then push the bar back up to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Which other muscles are involved?
Triceps, Shoulders.
How do you log your sets?
How do you track progressive overload?Source: ExerciseDB catalogue and demonstration. Related movements are options to compare, not equivalent loads or a prescribed progression.
