Spoto Press (Barbell)
Trains the chest, with help from the triceps and shoulders. You need a barbell. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
Technique
How to do the Spoto Press (Barbell)
- Set up on the bench as for a normal bench press: eyes under the bar, feet planted, shoulder blades pulled back and down.
- Unrack the bar and lower it under control towards your chest.
- Stop the bar about an inch above your chest, without touching, and hold it there for a short pause.
- Press the bar back up to lockout. Repeat for the prescribed reps.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your upper back tight and your elbows in the same path as your normal bench press.
- Stop the bar in the same spot every rep, not higher on some and lower on others.
- Use less weight than your normal bench press; holding the bar off the chest is harder.
- Do not let the bar sink or bounce before pressing.
Muscles worked
What Spoto Press (Barbell) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Spoto Press (Barbell)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a chest exercise that is, there are 24 on the Chest page.
Substitutes
Swap Spoto Press (Barbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Spoto Press (Barbell) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.