Floor Press With Barbell

The floor press actually predates the bench press.

Floor press with barbell.

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. The floor press you ve come to know and love but performed with dumbbells instead of a barbell. In fact i use this exercise as a bench pres. A floor press does require a stable surface for the barbell.

Rather than the barbell going through a full range of motion the barbell will stop when your elbows hit the ground. Imagine you are completing a normal bench press lowering the bar to your chest and pulling your scapula together in the process. In this video i m going to show you how to perform the barbell floor press which targets the chest and triceps. Here are three variations to consider.

The floor press can be used in a variety of grip widths but the most effective will about 1 2 inches in from the first notch on your barbell. The floor press is performed by using a barbell kettlebell dumbbell or a trap bar. For more information and upcoming seminar dates visit. At one time lifters attacked the lift with gusto putting up some impressive numbers including george hackenschmidt s 361 pound strict floor press back in 1899.

People learned to bench a barbell off the floor before benches were even invented. Tex mcquilkin instructs participants on the heavy horizontal press. What is a floor press. The exercises are obviously similar.

The benefit of this is that you work each arm unilaterally so you can t rely on your stronger. Mimicking the movement pattern of a bench press the floor press takes the bench out of the equation. The floor press is the original horizontal barbell press even predating the bench press.