Unfortunately as the bench press grew in popularity interest in the floor press outside of.
Floor press exercise benefits.
The exercises are obviously similar.
It is a similar feel to the reverse grip barbell press but it much easier on the wrists as are many exercises with the trap bar.
People learned to bench a barbell off the floor before benches were even invented.
I am a big fan of variability and anytime you can add new exercises to your program build a wide range of motion and improve training protocols is a good idea.
I could go on for a while.
Personally i love the floor press.
But i kinda doubt it.
Great exercise for beginners or coming back from an injury.
It s a great exercise for developing power and strength in a very specific range of motion.
The floor press actually predates the bench press.
The dumbbell floor press is an oft forgotten exercise that should get a lot more love than it does.
The floor press is the original horizontal barbell press even predating the bench press.
The floor press is an upper body exercise similar to a bench press.
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.
When adding the floor press into.
Since the floor press eliminates the lower half of the shoulder range of motion the floor press works to compress the shoulder back in to its socket.
The floor press is a fantastic exercise to target this weakness as you can handle heavier loads with undue strain on the rest of your body.
Improving long term shoulder health.
Or maybe everybody s doing it but i just can t see them because they re down on the ground over next to the rack.
So why bother with this version of the press.
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.
Your posture will become better quickly after working with this exercise and you will feel the difference.
Floor presses are popular in powerlifting and as a strength or accessory lift in crossfit.