Single-Arm Cable Chest Press
Push · chest · intermediate
Start
FinishHow to do it
Stand side-on to a chest-height pulley in a split stance, press the single handle straight forward and slightly across the midline, then resist the rotation on the way back.
Muscles worked
Primary: chest · Also works: obliques, triceps, core
Equipment
Cables, Full gym
Common mistakes
- Letting the torso rotate open with the cable instead of resisting it
- Stepping so far from the stack that balance, not the chest, limits the set
- Finishing the press out to the side rather than in front of the sternum
Variations
- Half-kneeling single-arm cable press
- Single-arm low-to-high press
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Related exercises
- Barbell Bench Presschest
- Dumbbell Bench Presschest
- Push-Upchest
- Machine Chest Presschest
- Incline Dumbbell Presschest
- Cable Flychest
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