So it s been around for more than 100 years making it much older than the bench press itself.
Floor press chest development.
The floor press develops the same muscles as the bench press the pecs triceps and anterior shoulder.
The floor press is an underrated addition to your training routine that can help to build a strong chest and boost your standard bench press but are you sure you re even doing the exercise.
Back before lifters had benches the floor press was the only chest press they could perform.
This freaks some people out.
Three notes on the v press.
Then push the barbell up and back in a slight arc such that it ends up over your upper chest.
The floor press is a partial range of motion bench press that can be done with barbells dumbbells or kettlebells to isolate the chest triceps and lockout position in the bench.
This reduces extension at the shoulder joint while still providing a good training effect for the pecs and triceps.
On the shallow incline dumbbell flyes set the angle of the bench to between 15 and 20.
It s a very effective movement to build pure pressing strength along with muscle mass in the chest shoulders triceps.
It takes a lot of the back.
The floor dumbbell chest press forces you to start from the sticking point when your arms are flat to the floor and your hands half way through the full range of motion.
What happens is that you go from zero effort with your arms on the floor to maximum effort right away.
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.
Do the floor press with a grip width that s just outside of shoulder width and that places your upper arms about 30 away from your sides in the starting position.
Incline squeeze presses incline flies unilateral dumbbell floor presses and low to high flys all work well here.
212 olympia legend flex lewis and ifbb pro johnnie jackson two bodybuilders with some of the best upper bodies of all time are big fans of the floor press for upper chest development.
Stick to higher reps.
Many people like myself have found that switching to the floor press has accelerated chest development.
See what ones you can best get a mental connection with.