Bench-style pressing with tension that never quits.
Keep your chest proud and elbows from drifting too high as you press.
Pressing from a standing staggered stance with cables at chest height gives your pecs resistance through the entire arc, including the squeeze at full extension where a bench press goes light. Your triceps drive the lockout while the slight forward lean lets you press with real weight without being pushed off balance. It earns a place as a chest builder that keeps tension constant and as a pressing option when every bench in the gym is taken.
Different jobs. The bench lets you load heavier, the cable press keeps your chest under tension right through the finish and lets the movement path follow your shoulders rather than a fixed bar. Plenty of good chest programmes use both.
Your stance is too narrow or too upright. Stagger your feet, lean slightly into the press, and treat your whole body as the bench, if the weight still drags you back, it's too heavy for your setup.
Chest height for the standard press, the handles should travel straight forward from your chest, not up or down. Shifting the pulleys higher or lower changes the angle and the part of the chest doing most of the work.
