The floor press is a solid chest exercise that preps for bench press gains and takes strain off of your shoulders by limiting your range of motion.
Floor db chest press.
Close grip bb floor press 3 sets of 3 5.
When you lower the weights to your chest your upper arms touch the floor.
The floor bench press is exactly what you think it is the bench press while on the floor basically the reverse motion of a push up but it is so much more than that.
The dumbbell floor press is different from other pressing exercises.
Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint.
This reduces the range of motion and takes elastic.
Single arm floor press x 8.
The floor still acts as your spotter and doesn t allow you to go too low.
Neutral grip db floor press 3 sets of 8 12.
Standing chest press x 12.
Full 12 week push pull legs program build muscle strength.
This works perfectly for programming the floor press.
Day 2 hypertrophy focus.
Day 1 strength focus.
3 dumbbell floor press in contrast with a barbell press using dumbbells gives you much more of the adduction component that helps you activate the chest.
Rest for 1 minute and repeat x 3.
Rest for 1 minute and repeat x 3.
This reduces extension at the shoulder joint while still providing a good training effect for the pecs and triceps.
Http goo gl x8hel5 full 12 week muscle building 4 day split program.
Stability ball dumbbell pull overs x 12.
Get on the floor.
Stability ball chest fly x 10.
For folks with shoulder issues the dumbbell floor press is usually better tolerated than the traditional bench press because you re able to use a neutral grip and pressing on the floor limits the range of motion slightly.
Body parts abs chest shoulders triceps the dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
If your shoulders are beat up and the bench press isn t giving you the gains it promised it might be time to get on the floor.