Plate-loaded chest press (machine)

Sets, reps and RIR

Machines and cables hold the path for you, so you can work closer to failure than with free weights.

RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.

Muscles worked

Primary: Chest.

Secondary: Front delts, Triceps, Rotator cuff.

Estimate your one-rep max

Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.

What it is called elsewhere

• Norsk Brystpress med skiver (maskin)
• Svenska Bröstpress med viktskivor (maskin)
• Dansk Brystpres med vægtskiver (maskine)
• Deutsch Brustpresse mit Hantelscheiben (Maschine)
• Español Press de pecho con discos (máquina)
• Italiano Chest press a dischi (macchina)
• Português Supino articulado com anilhas (máquina)
• Русский Жим от груди в рычажном тренажёре
• Français Développé pectoraux à disques (machine)

Related chest exercises

• Bench press (barbell)
• Incline bench press (barbell)
• Decline bench press (barbell)
• Close-grip bench press (barbell)
• Landmine press
• Flat dumbbell press

athlate logs this exercise, keeps the numbers, and tells you what you lifted last time.