Suspension Trainer Chest Press
A standing suspension press that lowers and raises the body between two handles.
This page is a working draft. A coach has not reviewed it, so read it as a starting point, not as checked instruction.
- Pattern
- Horizontal push
- Modality
- Strength
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Mechanic
- Unknown
- Force
- Unknown
- Laterality
- Bilateral
- Impact
- Low
- Trains where
- Gym, Home
- At home
- Yes
How to do it
Set up
- Face away from the anchor and hold the handles in front of the chest.
- Walk the feet back to a shallow forward lean with the arms straight and straps clear of the arms.
Do the rep
- Bend the elbows to lower the chest between the hands while the body stays straight.
- Stop when the upper arms reach the line of the trunk, then press back to straight arms.
What counts as a rep
One rep lowers the chest between the handles to upper arms in line with the trunk and presses back to straight arms.
One rep lowers the chest between the handles to upper arms in line with the trunk and presses back to straight arms.
Breathing
Exhale through the effort and inhale during the controlled return.
Cues
- Keep the ribs down.
- Use a steeper body angle when the reps get easy.
Common mistakes
Letting the handles spread
What you seeThe hands drift wider as the chest lowers.
FixUse an easier angle and keep the handles beside the chest.
Stable handles keep the press controlled.
Stop the set if
- Stop if you feel sharp pain.
- Stop if the shoulders hurt.
- End the set if the handles or trunk cannot stay steady.
General educational content, not individual coaching or medical advice.
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