The floor press is the original horizontal barbell press even predating the bench press.
Dumbbell floor press reps.
Single arm exercises like this floor press variation are a great way to identify and then fix left to right strength imbalances.
Dumbbell fly dumbbell floor fly or band chest fly choose one 2 sets of 10 15 reps.
Dumbbell floor presses work best in moderate to high rep ranges more for logistical reasons that anything.
Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint.
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.
Dumbbells can be easier to locate and handle than a barbell especially for a beginner.
Finally drop one of the weights and sit holding the other dumbbell in front of your chest legs in front.
How to do it.
If you lack access to a landmine apparatus.
Now let s review variations that use a landmine apparatus.
Every drop on the presses is an extra deadlift and clean just hang on basically.
Continue pressing for the specified number of reps.
The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
10 reps 60 seconds rest then go back to 1a db shoulder press.
1 minute rest between sets.
That s the basic dumbbell floor press.
With your dumbbells on the floor just outside your feet.
Bend knees with feet firmly planted on floor.
Do 4 circuits in total.
Using dumbbells does allows you the capacity to change the angle of the shoulder and wrist.
Like other things in life the hardest part can be getting it up.
The dumbbell chest press targets the same muscles as the bench press.
When performed for sets of 3 5 and 6 15 reps the floor press is a great move.
If you don t have a bench then pretty much any other chest compound exercise you re able to do dumbbell floor press any sort of push up variation band chest press etc would be fine here.
Trying to hoist super heavy dumbbells into position is a royal pain in the you know what.