Exercise 1 Barbell Floor Press

Lie down flat on your back on an exercise mat with your feet extended straight out and your left arm on the floor by your side palm down.

Exercise 1 barbell floor press.

Bend knees and place feet flat on ground. When performed on the floor the range of motion of the exercise is limited to reduce the strain placed on the shoulder joint. This exercise has an average weight of 40 lb a best weight of 71 lb and has been logged 4 times in the last year. How to do one arm barbell floor press.

Have a partner place a barbell in your extended hand so that the barbell is parallel to your body. Rather than the barbell going through a full range of motion the barbell will stop when your elbows hit the ground. Step 1 lie with your back flat against the floor. Lie on floor with barbell in hand and arms straight out above chest.

The floor press is used to increase lock out strength in the bench press with a focus on shoulder and tricep development. Raise your right arm straight up toward the ceiling leaving a slight bend in your elbow. To perform this exercise do the following steps. The barbell floor press is an upper body exercise for the chest shoulders and triceps.

Grab a barbell off a squat rack or have a partner hand you the barbell and hold it with a wide overhand grip just beyond shoulder width. The floor press starts with you lying on the floor. Begin by lowering barbell down to lower chest area until upper arms lay flush to the ground barbell. In fact i use this exercise as a bench pres.