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Floor Press
Floor Press is a intermediate powerlifting exercise using barbell. It works the triceps, with help from the chest and shoulders.
intermediatebarbellpush movementcompoundpowerlifting
- Main muscles
- triceps
- Also works
- chest, shoulders
How to do it
- Adjust the j-hooks so they are at the appropriate height to rack the bar. Begin lying on the floor with your head near the end of a power rack. Keeping your shoulder blades pulled together; pull the bar off of the hooks.
- Lower the bar towards the bottom of your chest or upper stomach, squeezing the bar and attempting to pull it apart as you do so. Ensure that you tuck your elbows throughout the movement. Lower the bar until your upper arm contacts the ground and pause, preventing any slamming or bouncing of the weight.
- Press the bar back up as fast as you can, keeping the bar, your wrists, and elbows in line as you do so.
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- Dumbbell Floor Press · dumbbell, intermediate
General information, not medical advice: start light, learn the movement before adding weight, and ask a qualified coach or doctor if you are injured or unsure. Exercise data from the Free Exercise DB (public domain).