The Floor Press

It s an exercise that has several key differences which merit consideration over its more.

The floor press.

The floor press is a pure upper body movement that allows you to press massive weights without undue shoulder stress maximizing your training efficiency and protecting your shoulders for long term training and strength gains. While on a bench press you can change the incline in order to hit different systems of muscles. This reduces extension at the shoulder joint while still providing a good training effect for the pecs and triceps. The floor press is a fantastic pressing variation for lifters of all levels to improve muscle mass lockout strength and bench press technique.

Second the floor press is traditionally meant to be performed with the legs flat against the ground. According to scarpulla the floor press is by nature an explosive exercise. In the floor press the arms rest on the ground at. The floor press is not just a basic version of the bench press to do when there is no bench available.

The floor press is not an exercise that comes with a wide range of variability tools. The floor press which was covered extensively in a previous article is a segmented shorter range of motion variation of the bench press with the intent to target the top half of the movement. When you lower the bar your upper arms rest on the ground at the bottom of the movement. It can even be a great variation for lifters with.

The floor press is the original horizontal barbell press even predating the bench press. This removes the driving force the athlete can generate by pressing their feet into the ground meaning that the floor press becomes a torso dominant lift versus the benefit of additional power generation one can achieve in the bench press. 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. This removes tension and.

The only variability you can implement on a floor press is the style of resistance you use whether that be dumbbells kettlebells or a traditional barbell. The floor press a barbell bench press that you perform without the bench has become a staple exercise with many high level powerlifters but anyone who wants to get stronger and build muscle can benefit from it.