Floor Press Good For Chest

Stack is here to change your perception of the floor press.
Floor press good for chest. Back before lifters had benches the floor press was the only chest press they could perform. This works perfectly for programming the floor press. All the stress is focused on the chest triceps and shoulders. 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 presses are a good way to break through a bench press plateau add muscle to your upper body or fix a weakness with your lockout. It is a solid upper body. The floor press is an upper body movement that allows you to press massive weights without undue shoulder stress. The exercise is good for more than improving your bench press.
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. While most bodybuilders and strength athletes today will use the bench press for the majority of chest training the floor press used to be the gold standard. 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. Day 2 hypertrophy focus.
Dumbbell squeeze press floor press combo watch the video 00 46. Close grip bb floor press 3 sets of 3 5. So it s been around for more than 100 years making it much older than the bench press itself. Get on the floor.
Neutral grip db floor press 3 sets of 8 12. 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. Floor presses negate leg drive creating a pure upper body push. Floor presses can make your bench press stronger as an accessory lift but you need to train the full range of motion in a bench press to improve at it.
The forgotten chest builder. Day 1 strength focus. Squeeze the dumbbells together so that they re touching.