Dumbbell Floor Press Progression

The dumbbell floor press is a compound exercise that works on your entire upper body especially the triceps and the chest.

Dumbbell floor press progression. After you ve done regular dumbbell floor presses for a while you may reach a point where your progress starts to stall out or you reach a strength level where you either max out the dumbbells at your gym or it just becomes too hard to get them into position. Step 1 grab a dumbbell with an overhand grip and lie flat on your back. Have the athlete get set up on the bench then extend the dumbbells with the arms to get started performing the exercise. So you have a choice.

Shoulders packed shoulder blades pinched together and pulled down to the butt keep them there. This reduces the range of motion and takes elastic energy out of the movement. Before discussing how to perform the exercise here is a quick tip. The floor press is different from other pressing exercises.

It can also be used to develop explosive strength in the upper body as well as blast through sticking points in a traditional bench press. How to perform the dead stop dumbbell floor press. We use the same palms facing forward hand position as the db floor press. The dead stop dumbbell floor press is a progression to the dumbbell floor press.

Dumbbell fly dumbbell floor fly or band chest fly choose one 2 sets of 10 15 reps. Bend knees with. You could be the guy doing kickbacks to get your triceps jacked or you could be the guy on the floor doing this exercise. Dumbbell floor presses will help you lift more weight during pressing exercises and more weight is usually a good thing.

Find related exercises and variations along with expert tips. This is the first full range of motion exercise we use in our bench press progression. When you lower the weights to your chest your upper arms touch the floor. The dumbbell floor press looks correctly as it sounds with the athlete lying on the floor instead of the bench with a dumbbell in each hand.

Progressing the floor press. Not only are your triceps going to thank you but you re also doing your. Learn how to correctly do dumbbell floor press to target chest shoulders triceps abs with easy step by step expert video instruction. 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.

Sometimes this is actually a better progression from the floor press because it forces new trainees to use less weight slow down and concentrate.