BodyCraft Strength Training System manual Converging Decline Bench Press

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Converging Decline Bench Press

This exercise is very similar to the Cable Decline Press, but your arms converge to the middle as you press. Adjust the seat back to one of the holes in the INCLINE position. Your comfort will determine which hole exactly. Adjust the Functional Training Arms to chest height. Sit back in the seat so that the seat back forces a forward lean. Grab the cable handles with an overhand grip and press away from your chest, parallel to the floor, while converging to the middle. Return slowly.

Variations: Use an underhand grip, neutral grip, or even twist your wrists (like a karate punch). You can also vary the width of the Func- tional Training Arms. Changing the grip and width does emphasize different areas of the muscle group. As with all cable oriented exercises, this exercise can be performed one arm at a time.

Primary muscles worked: Pectorals Major and Minor (chest), Anterior

Deltoids (shoulder), Triceps (back of the arm).

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