Day 2 hypertrophy focus.
Floor press for building pecs.
This works perfectly for programming the floor press.
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.
So it s been around for more than 100 years making it much older than the bench press itself.
Get on the floor.
Back before lifters had benches the floor press was the only chest press they could perform.
However the focus shifts primarily to the triceps and shoulders.
Neutral grip db floor press 3 sets of 8 12.
The floor press is an underrated addition to your training routine that can help to build a strong chest and boost your standard bench press but are you sure you re even doing the exercise correctly.
When performed for sets of 3 5 and 6 15 reps the floor press is a great move to add mass to the chest shoulders and triceps without adding excessive strain to the shoulders due to the decreased.
Dumbbell squeeze press floor press combo watch the video 00 46.
Day 1 strength focus.
If your shoulders are beat up and the bench press isn t giving you the gains it promised it might be time to get on the floor.
It s a very effective movement to build pure pressing strength along with muscle mass in the chest shoulders triceps.
The floor press develops the same muscles as the bench press the pecs triceps and anterior shoulder.