Weighted Svend Press
Gym Exercise Card
Equipment
The Weighted Svend Press is an upper-body exercise designed to enhance chest development and improve shoulder strength. By pressing a weight plate forward, it engages the pectoral muscles while promoting shoulder stability. This exercise can help improve push strength and upper-body endurance.
How to do it
- Stand with feet shoulder-width apart.
- Hold a weight plate between your hands at chest level.
- Press the weight forward by extending your arms fully.
- Pause briefly, then return to the starting position.
- Maintain tension in the chest throughout the movement.
Muscles worked
Primary Pectoralis Major Clavicular Head Pectoralis Major Sternal Head
Secondary Deltoid Anterior Serratus Anterior Triceps Brachii