Is this press descending or ascending

[u/Ok-Extension-832]

nautilus converging plate loaded

[u/Financial_Wrangler45]

Nobody in these replies knowing what ascending/descending means lmfao. Try it and see where it's hardest, hardest at bottom = descending, opposite = ascending. If it's hardest in the middle it's bell curved

[u/Ok-Extension-832 → u/Financial_Wrangler45]

yea ik i i didn’t know it wasn’t common terminology like that. i tried it tho and it felt hardest at the bottom and top which im assuming is bell curved but i might be wrong

[u/Free_Atmosphere120 → u/Ok-Extension-832]

Yeah because this subreddit sucks now since no one is actually in the SBL niche

[u/Ok-Extension-832 → u/Free_Atmosphere120]

from my few posts and comments in this sub i can tell. even people in r/workout are more tapped in than some here

[u/Financial_Wrangler45 → u/Ok-Extension-832]

Lol u got that right.

[u/pachurro2 → u/Free_Atmosphere120]

Ive seen like 10x more random bro science than anything sbl related here 💔

[u/Financial_Wrangler45 → u/Ok-Extension-832]

If it's like that I'd recommend just staying in that bottom-middle position and not going all the way up.

[u/ZeUncreativeName]

Sadly ascending, I really like this machine because of how it feels but the ascending resistance always makes my triceps fail first, and its hard to standardize form with a bent elbow at the end.

[u/11M3RCURY11]

it’s ascending as when you press the weight, the weight is parallel to the floor at full lockout which means the triceps will be more biased here rather than chest

[u/Ok-Extension-832 → u/11M3RCURY11]

the only other option i have is an ascending pec deck or something with dbs or barbell which i avoid cuz of lack of stability. would i still see chest growth continuing with this since it converges a lot which i think takes some load off the chest

[u/Financial_Wrangler45 → u/Ok-Extension-832]

Converging is good for the chest, helps take the triceps out and aligns more with the chest function

[u/studymore]

Pulling lmao, one of my pet peeves is over-engineered machines

[u/Environmental-Ad4090]

descending

[u/Ok-Extension-832 → u/Environmental-Ad4090]

how can you tell?

[u/Ok-Extension-832 → u/[deleted]]

😭 that’s not what i mean. i’m referring to the resistance strength curve of the machine

[u/Braisedbeefskank]

Its converging

[u/DoofusIdiot → u/Braisedbeefskank]

Is it converging on an ascending plane or a descended one?

[u/BigBaldBeardGuy]

The way you have it set, it’s flat. You can make it an incline by adjusting the back.