- Sit on the machine with your back flat on the pad.
- Take hold of the handles. Tip: Your upper arms should be positioned parallel to the floor; adjust the machine accordingly. This will be your starting position.
- Push the handles together slowly as you squeeze your chest in the middle. Breathe out during this part of the motion and hold the contraction for a second.
- Return back to the starting position slowly as you inhale until your chest muscles are fully stretched.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Variations: You can use pulleys or an exercise band to perform this movement. Also, there is a variety of the Pec Deck Machine where you place your forearms on the pad, with the elbow and a 90 degree angle. You then squeeze your elbows together.
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May 17, 2013 5:53 PM: Used pec deck on machine and worked well.
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May 14, 2013 8:23 PM: I love it, really you fell it.
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Mar 11, 2013 8:32 AM: really hit the muscle
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Jan 28, 2013 11:34 AM: Great for flooding the Chest and hitting the inner pec
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Jan 16, 2012 1:20 PM: Is there an alternate to this excercise??
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Nov 12, 2011 4:22 AM: after each set finish with gripping your hands together and pulse for 20 reps wrapped around the handles to get a great burn
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Sep 8, 2011 11:07 AM: This is definitely one of the better machine exercises. You can get a really great squeeze on your chest muscles during the contraction.
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Jun 4, 2011 2:11 PM: you can really jack this exercise up if you hold it for 2-3 seconds on each rep, gets you exhausted and a really nice burn
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Apr 21, 2011 5:24 AM: much rather prefer dumbbel flyes for this exercise feel a better ROM and more of a stretch.Not a bad machine for warming up on or before progressing to flyes.
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Jan 17, 2011 10:16 AM: dumbells are better