So it s been around for more than 100 years making it much older than the bench press itself.
Floor press for building pecs.
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.
Day 1 strength focus.
Day 2 hypertrophy focus.
Get on the floor.
It s a very effective movement to build pure pressing strength along with muscle mass in the chest shoulders triceps.
However the focus shifts primarily to the triceps and shoulders.
This works perfectly for programming the floor press.
Squeeze the dumbbells together so that they re touching.
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.
Neutral grip db floor press 3 sets of 8 12.
Close grip bb floor press 3 sets of 3 5.
Back before lifters had benches the floor press was the only chest press they could perform.
The floor press develops the same muscles as the bench press the pecs triceps and anterior shoulder.
Dumbbell squeeze press floor press combo watch the video 00 46.