Lie on the floor holding a dumbbell in each hand.
Dumbbells on the floor.
The floor press isn t an excuse to skip out on the good eccentric contractions.
Lie on your back holding your dumbbells and bring the soles of your feet to the floor knees pointing up.
Place your feet firmly on the floor on either side of the bench.
How to do it.
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.
Bend knees with feet firmly planted on floor.
Bend your elbows so your weights stack over your wrists then bring your elbows to a 45.
Grab dumbbells with an overhand grip and lie flat on your back.
The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
Set of 2 dumbbells flat bench.
How to do it.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
This is a fantastic core exercise and is often used for overcoming a lagging side correcting dominance.
It s not just a good chest exercise it s also easy on your shoulder joints.
This exercise is the at home alternative to the bench press.
Slowly lower the dumbbells or barbell letting your elbows touch the ground softly.
I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl.
Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint.
Push your shoulder blades into the floor and pull them down and back.
Lie flat on your back on a flat incline bench.
Dumbbell floor press powerlifters will traditionally use the floor press to break through plateaus on their bench press.
Dumbbell floor press.