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Smith Machine Decline Bench Press

Set up a decline bench under the Smith machine and secure your feet. Grip the bar slightly wider than shoulder-width. Unrack it and lower it slowly to your lower chest, keeping your elbows at about a 45-degree angle. Press back up in a straight path. Focus on control, as the bar path is fixed.

CHEST · PUSH

How it is executed

  1. Set up a decline bench under the Smith machine and secure your feet.
  2. Grip the bar slightly wider than shoulder-width.
  3. Unrack it and lower it slowly to your lower chest, keeping your elbows at about a 45-degree angle.
  4. Press back up in a straight path.
  5. Focus on control, as the bar path is fixed.
Muscles worked
Chest
Primary muscle
Lower chest
Equipment
Smith machineDecline bench
Movement pattern
Push
Difficulty
Intermediate
What it is for
StrengthHypertrophy

Program your clients' routines from these exercises, without the spreadsheet.