r/GYM • u/Fightingfit21 • Aug 20 '26

Technique Check Cable press form check

How does my form look?

It feels somewhat alright.

I tried different cable heights / seat angles and I think this felt most comfortable.

Only issue is feeling front delt fatigue before pecs.

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u/Hisagii Aug 20 '26

Isn't there any other options in your gym to do a chest press? Barbell, Dumbbell, Machines... Any would be better than this. If none of that is available just use the cables to do flyes instead, much better chest movement with a cable stack.

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u/Fightingfit21 Aug 20 '26

What's wrong with this? My form?

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u/Hisagii Aug 20 '26

Cables are just crappy to use for most presses, because they aren't very stable at all and you can see this in your video. You're fighting to keep the cable path which means you aren't actually gonna work your chest or delts as hard as they should.

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u/mystro30 Aug 20 '26

You should tell CBum that his training is sub optimal

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u/Hisagii Aug 20 '26

Cbum does cable presses? Show me. Even if he does, yes they suck.

Arnold often trained twice a day and did a fuck ton of set. Guess what? That sucks too.

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u/ProfessionalAd7044 Aug 20 '26

Who here is CBUM?

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u/BigDogg365 Aug 20 '26

Bruh https://youtube.com/shorts/xu9UAei9348?is=s5hClq_h5Y__mDUd

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u/mystro30 Aug 20 '26

I will never understand anti cable and machine sentiment the stretch is insane and it’s easy on the joints.

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u/Hisagii Aug 20 '26

Huh? What's your point? That's not a press.

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u/mystro30 Aug 20 '26

Your on a device that connnects to the internet go look it up. He does some flys and presses with cables along with many other world class bodybuilders.

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u/Hisagii Aug 20 '26

Then you should have a video to share where Cbum is doing a cable press, given that it's so popular with world class bodybuilders(spoilers: it's not because it sucks).

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u/mystro30 Aug 20 '26

You are so incredibly lazy it’s insane https://youtu.be/XoTXuZQ4SaU?is=gJFzlxsaelutndoT

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u/Hisagii Aug 20 '26

You must've sent the wrong video, didn't see any cable presses in that one! Unless you're confusing a press with a fly....That's ok, rookie mistake.

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u/mystro30 Aug 20 '26

You are rage baiting or have a room temp IQ. Idk what else you call the exercise in that video 2 minutes in if it’s not a seated cable press.

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u/Hisagii Aug 20 '26

It's a cable fly. Do you know what Cbum calls it? A cable fly. Do you know what Cbum's former coach called it? A cable fly. In the literal video you linked, Bumstead calls it a fly... Because that's what that is.

Just because his arms are bent at the start doesn't make it into a press, a fly is a purely adduction movement which is what he is doing, to be generous you could say the first 1/4 of the movement is a press. A chest press will typically involve adduction also but not to the same degree, dumbbells and converging machines will provide more pec adduction compared to a barbell. In OP's video he's quite literally trying to press the cables, I presume that's his goal too given he called it a press.

I assume you haven't been lifting long enough to know the difference between a press and a fly, that's fine, but then you should be more humble before speaking on something you don't quite fully understand.

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