When doing the floor press, should you arch your back by bringing your chest up?
I never have, but my mate says I should, what do you guys do?
I arch my upper back and keep the shoulder blades tucked, but I keep my feet straight out of me to minimize leg drive. That and I use a long (2-3 second) pause.
[quote]vali wrote:
I arch my upper back and keep the shoulder blades tucked, but I keep my feet straight out of me to minimize leg drive. That and I use a long (2-3 second) pause.[/quote]
that sounds very similar to how my friend does it, but he also said it’s how he brings his chest muscles into it. I always tried to use the floor press as a triceps strengthener, is this how you bring chest muscles into play allot more or do you just feel more comfortable this way?
thanks for the reply too
No problem man. I feel much more comfortable If I keep the shoulders tucked in all pressing movements. I find it to be better for increasing bottom end strength personally, especially if I use a long pause.
For triceps try close grip flat and incline bench, as well as extensions.
[quote]vali wrote:
No problem man. I feel much more comfortable If I keep the shoulders tucked in all pressing movements. I find it to be better for increasing bottom end strength personally, especially if I use a long pause.
For triceps try close grip flat and incline bench, as well as extensions.[/quote]
Bottom end strength from lack of leg drive, but ultimately it’s going to depend on the lifter. Thicker lifters/those with shorter arms, are going to get much more chest/bottom end strength than thinner lifters/those with long arms, as these individuals would not be able to bring the bar as close to the chest.
^ for sure, I’m definitely thicker and with shorter arms so it works well to improve bottom end for me.
Yes I can see why that makes sense, I am the other end of the spectrum, long arms LOL.
Do you guys have any preference between DB or BB?
[quote]rambodian wrote:
Yes I can see why that makes sense, I am the other end of the spectrum, long arms LOL.[/quote]
Hah then you’re probably a good deadlifter.
Chobbs:
I’ve never used DBs for floor press, try em and see if it pushes your lifts up. One variation I like is DBs on a stability ball, fries the whole body really, especially if you use high reps- (10-20)
[quote]chobbs wrote:
Do you guys have any preference between DB or BB?[/quote]
Quite a few people are fans of high rep DB floor press. If you’re using it for ME work, stick with the bar.
[quote]DaveForner wrote:
[quote]chobbs wrote:
Do you guys have any preference between DB or BB?[/quote]
Quite a few people are fans of high rep DB floor press. If you’re using it for ME work, stick with the bar.[/quote]
I like DB’s more but hell if BB good enough for you, its good enough for me
Hate to sound like an idiot but what is “me” work?
[quote]DanceWitSquirels wrote:
Hate to sound like an idiot but what is “me” work?[/quote]
Maximum Effort aka “M.E.”
For me the floor press is a gage on how well my bench press is, a barometer of sorts. I like to take away all the “advantages” of a bench press such as leg drive, big arch, pull the bar apart etc. I simply lay there and press. I try to make it as hard as possible so that when I do use leg drive and all that it really helps; whereas if I use any of the bench press helps in a floor press my floor press gets better quicker but it does little in terms of carryover to my bench.
One movement that I am fond of is suspending the bar at various heights with chains hung from my power rack and doing dead benches. Unlike pressing from pins, the bar will return to the exact same spot in the chains. This allows me to stay tight for all the reps.
[quote]StrengthDawg wrote:
[quote]DanceWitSquirels wrote:
Hate to sound like an idiot but what is “me” work?[/quote]
Maximum Effort aka “M.E.”
For me the floor press is a gage on how well my bench press is, a barometer of sorts. I like to take away all the “advantages” of a bench press such as leg drive, big arch, pull the bar apart etc. I simply lay there and press. I try to make it as hard as possible so that when I do use leg drive and all that it really helps; whereas if I use any of the bench press helps in a floor press my floor press gets better quicker but it does little in terms of carryover to my bench.
One movement that I am fond of is suspending the bar at various heights with chains hung from my power rack and doing dead benches. Unlike pressing from pins, the bar will return to the exact same spot in the chains. This allows me to stay tight for all the reps. [/quote]
Thanks for the response, brochacho.