Floor Press Scapula

Improve your bench press with perfect push up form this might not sound all that important but proper scapula function impacts almost every upper body movement you perform whether in.

Floor press scapula.

This helps improve the mobility of your shoulders and keep your scapula in a normal position. Adding the floor press to your routine. Although serious lifters will often use it for more repetitive dynamic movement as well. If you already do bench presses your maximum floor press will probably be at around 75 percent of your best bench press.

Keep your elbows straight all the time. This exercise allows for full scapular movement and it builds strength in the hips and core. Rhomboids and scapular. Get a medicine ball grab it in both hands and lie down on the floor.

Floor presses negate leg drive creating a pure upper body push. The next best option is the floor press and i wouldn t say it s akin to a quarter squat as it s more than half the rom. The position to workout this muscle is very similar to a starting bench press position. To accommodate this position the scapula rotates up and out forcing scapular stabilizers to work overtime while rubbing on the supraspinatus ligament.

The first of the winged scapula exercises you are going to do is going to target your serratus. Slowly push the ball up with the help of your shoulders. The floor press is a simple and highly effective pressing variation that can be used as a primary pressing movement accessory lift or even with injury prone lifters. The floor press is an upper body movement that allows you to press massive weights without undue shoulder stress.

Ensure that only your shoulder girdle moves with the ball. You are going to begin laying back on the floor or a bench with a dumbbell in your hand. That s why i use the one arm floor press with rotation to build a fighter s punching power. And it s right by the sticky point so it s difficult to overcome.

The best approach is to use full rom most of the time but use the floor press from time to time for variety.