Simply lie with your back on the floor and get underneath the bar to perform the pressing movement in the same manner as a conventional bench press.
Floor press for big chest.
Jason blaha s strength and fitness.
The floor press is not only easier on your shoulders but it will help build your triceps and.
If your bench press has hit a plateau the floor press is a sure fire way to completely break that barrier down.
The floor press is an upper body movement that allows you to press massive weights without undue shoulder stress.
All the stress is focused on the chest triceps and shoulders.
The bench press is the fuller range of motion lift that allows for the chest triceps and anterior shoulders to press the barbell where as the floor press limits the amount of chest involvement.
How to use the floor press to build a massive chest and a big bench.
Floor presses negate leg drive creating a pure upper body push.
The floor press is primarily performed as a way to increase strength in this exact point.
When performed for sets of 3 5 and 6 15 reps the floor press is a great move to add mass to the chest shoulders and triceps without adding excessive strain to the shoulders due to the decreased.
Many people like myself have found that switching to the floor press has accelerated chest development.
3 dumbbell floor press.
5 bottoms up single arm kettlebell floor press.
4 kettlebell floor press.
The sticking point on the bench press occurs when you press the bar off your chest about halfway up.
Back before lifters had benches the floor press was the only chest press they could perform.
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.