What is the wrong posture for chest pressing while seated?

★ Posted on 12-10,2024

When exercising, even though we know the key points of some movements, due to habits or other reasons, we don't pay that much attention to some details when exercising. But these small details are likely to lead to some movement errors. So do you know which seated chest pressing movements are wrong? Let’s go take a look below!

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Wrong posture for chest press while sitting

Actually, you don’t feel anything during the seated chest press training period. The lack of effect is mainly because the height of your seat is not adjusted properly. If the height of the seat is too high, your hands will use too much force; if it is adjusted too low, it will cause the deltoid muscles to exert too much force. Our purpose is to exercise the chest muscles, so let’s see how to adjust it.

Adjustment of seated chest press height/angle/weight

The most important thing is to adjust the height and angle. How to do it? The most standard position is that your grip and nipple are in a horizontal line! Your grip should be in line with your nipples! Your grip should be in line with your nipples!

After adjusting the position, adjust the weight (note that the weight you can do with the seated chest press is very heavy. Many people like to blindly press heavy weights. The key to this is not advisable is the standard of movement)

How to use seated chest press

After adjusting the weight and height, the back and head should be close to the backrest of the equipment (it is very important that the head and back are close to each other. I believe most people will unconsciously stretch their heads forward)

When you are ready, raise your chest and draw in your abdomen, look forward, hold the handle tightly with both hands, inhale and use your chest to exert force; push the weight up, exhale when pushing up, and do not fully extend the elbow joint when pushing to the top straight, then pause for 1-2 seconds to restore.

Inhale while restoring. When the two arms are in a straight line, exert force again, and so on.

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