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.
Floor press exercise benefits.
The floor press actually predates the bench press.
But i kinda doubt it.
It s a great exercise for developing power and strength in a very specific range of motion.
When adding the floor press into.
The floor press is the original horizontal barbell press even predating the bench press.
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.
So why bother with this version of the 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.
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.
Improving long term shoulder health.
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.
Great exercise for beginners or coming back from an injury.
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.
Using the trap bar for the floor press can really hit the pecs hard due to the neutral grip.
Because the range of motion is shorter than a traditional bench press floor presses are good for overloading or for someone with shoulder injuries or limitations.
Personally i love the floor press.
The dumbbell floor press is an oft forgotten exercise that should get a lot more love than it does.
Floor presses are popular in powerlifting and as a strength or accessory lift in crossfit.
I could go on for a while.
The exercises are obviously similar.
Your posture will become better quickly after working with this exercise and you will feel the difference.
The floor press is an upper body exercise similar to a bench press.
People learned to bench a barbell off the floor before benches were even invented.