The floor press which was covered extensively in a previous article is a segmented shorter range of motion variation of the bench press with the intent to target the top half.
Floor press after regular bench.
I used a thumb away from smooth grip with a pause at the bottom.
Is there an average percentage.
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Added in floor presses to my max effort bench rotation for the first time.
So it s been around for more than 100 years making it much older than the bench press itself.
The floor press is a pure upper body movement that allows you to press massive weights without undue shoulder stress maximizing your training efficiency and protecting your shoulders for long term training and strength gains.
It can even be a great variation for lifters with.
Bench press off pins.
Back before lifters had benches the floor press was the only chest press they could perform.
I like to floor press sometimes after full range bench press and do it as an accessory movement in higher rep ranges.
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 floor press is the original horizontal barbell press even predating the bench press.
Progressing the floor press.
After you ve done regular dumbbell floor presses for a while you may reach a point where your progress starts to stall out or you reach a strength level where you either max out the dumbbells at your gym or it just becomes too hard to get them into position.
What type of carryover do you usually get to the regular bench press.
The floor press is a fantastic pressing variation for lifters of all levels to improve muscle mass lockout strength and bench press technique.
It s a very effective movement to build pure pressing strength along with muscle mass in the chest shoulders triceps.