When doing floor press, I know there should be no bouncing but should it be a more rhythmic touch-and-go off of the floor or should there be a brief 1 second pause or so before exploding back up? If it varies depending on the situation when should each be used?
I’m currently working on my bench and doing floor presses for the first time. I like the feel of it but I want to make sure I have proper form.
I pause very briefly. you wouldn’t have to, but I think there is a little greater injury potential if you don’t. I wouldn’t do them as speed work or ballisticaly personally.
i love the floor press. i totally deload, exhale, extend legs and have back flat. i basically make it as hard as possible. when i deload the weight i also wait a good 7-10 seconds to remove the stretch reflex. doing all these things have really increased my power off the chest.
here’s a vid of how i do them.
[quote]maraudermeat wrote:
i love the floor press. i totally deload, exhale, extend legs and have back flat. i basically make it as hard as possible. when i deload the weight i also wait a good 7-10 seconds to remove the stretch reflex. doing all these things have really increased my power off the chest.
here’s a vid of how i do them.
WOW, that was one hell of a pause. I love the floor press. When I’m jacked I go right to the floor to make sure I keep my bench up. While I don’t pause that long WOW, I do the same legs out all upper body with no leg drive. Flatten my Triceps and maybe a one count and back up.
Love the video
I’ve done both paused and touch and go. I prefer the touch and go for a fooor press. I have had pretty good success with doing benches with the bar suspended from chains in my power rack. It’s like a pin press only I don’t have to worry about putting the bar back in the exact starting point. Maybe I should try Meats tip on using the yoga mats on the pins so I can see where the bar was each time. if you do these just don’t arch or use leg drive, which are some of the major factors in make a floor press harder than a bench press.
i’ve also done floor presses with foam under my elbows so that the elbows and bar sinks slowly. these were awesome!
Damn that was a long pause MM. I’ve only got one more session with floor presses before I switch to 2-board presses so I think I’ll keep my form constant with what I’ve been doing (closer to a touch and go but no bouncing), but in the future I will probably stick with a full 1-2 second count with my elbows on the floor before pushing back up if that significantly helps power over the touch and go method. I still arch my back when doing them but obviously no leg drive.
I was wondering, how do guys set up for a floor press if you don’t a rack that lets you adjust the height?
[quote]Deadsion wrote:
I was wondering, how do guys set up for a floor press if you don’t a rack that lets you adjust the height?[/quote]
If you have the spud squat straps or chains you could wrap them over your rack and adjust them to the level you need or You could use rubber mats and other things that come up to your chest level if you have that at hand.
But to be honest since I’m not sure of your set up I would say don’t do them if you don’t have a way to control the weight from coming down. Even mats if they are not wide enough the bar could roll.
IF you have heavy dumbells use those instead.