Bend your elbows so your weights stack over your wrists then bring your elbows to a 45.
Dumbbells on the floor.
I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl.
The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
Since this movement doesn t allow the arms to go past parallel to the body because the floor is in the way it helps them break through sticking points if they are struggling with the top portion of the bench press movement.
Lie on the floor with two dumbbells above your shoulders arms 15 degrees shy of full extension with palms facing lower the weights in an arching motion.
Lie flat on your back on a flat incline bench.
Push your shoulder blades into the floor and pull them down and back.
Lie on the floor holding a dumbbell in each hand.
How to do it.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
Dumbbell floor press variations.
Lie on your back holding your dumbbells and bring the soles of your feet to the floor knees pointing up.
Bend knees with feet firmly planted on floor.
This is a fantastic core exercise and is often used for overcoming a lagging side correcting dominance.
It s not just a good chest exercise it s also easy on your shoulder joints.
Dumbbell floor press.
Grab dumbbells with an overhand grip and lie flat on your back.
Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint.
Slowly lower the dumbbells or barbell letting your elbows touch the ground softly.
Place your feet firmly on the floor on either side of the bench.
Dumbbell floor press powerlifters will traditionally use the floor press to break through plateaus on their bench press.
How to do it.
The floor press isn t an excuse to skip out on the good eccentric contractions.