Dumbbell floor press powerlifters will traditionally use the floor press to break through plateaus on their bench press.
Dumbbells on the floor.
This exercise is the at home alternative to the bench press.
Slowly lower the dumbbells or barbell letting your elbows touch the ground softly.
The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
Dumbbell floor press variations.
Bend knees with feet firmly planted on floor.
Instead of pressing with two dumbbells the unilateral incline dumbbell bench press will have you holding and pressing one dumbbell at a time.
Push your shoulder blades into the floor and pull them down and back.
Grab dumbbells with an overhand grip and lie flat on your back.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
Lie flat on your back on a flat incline bench.
Dumbbell floor press.
I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl.
Lie on the floor holding a dumbbell in each hand.
Set of 2 dumbbells flat bench.
Lie on your back holding your dumbbells and bring the soles of your feet to the floor knees pointing up.
How to do it.
It s not just a good chest exercise it s also easy on your shoulder joints.
How to do it.
Place your feet firmly on the floor on either side of the bench.
Bend your elbows so your weights stack over your wrists then bring your elbows to a 45.
The floor press isn t an excuse to skip out on the good eccentric contractions.
Since this movement doesn t allow the arms to go past parallel to the body because the floor is in the way it helps them break through sticking points if they are struggling with the top portion of the bench press movement.