The floor press is a great way to work on heavy weight lockouts at the elbows for your standard bench press.
Floor dumbbell chest presses diagram.
The bench press is the fuller range of motion lift that allows for the chest triceps and anterior shoulders to press the barbell where as the floor press limits the amount of chest involvement.
Sit on edge of bench with feet flat on the floor.
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Holding dumbbell place elbow on inside of thigh just above knee.
Take advantage of that and be powerful and strong firing upwards on every rep.
The dumbbell floor press is a variation of the floor press and an exercise used to strengthen the muscles of the triceps and chest.
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A variation on a dumbbell chest press the incline dumbbell press targets the upper portion of the pectoral muscle and shoulders more than a standard bench press does.
Primarily the dumbbell floor press will target the muscles of the triceps.
You should lower and lift the dumbbells only a few inches to avoid overstraining these joints.
Lying flat on bench hold the dumbbells directly above chest arms extended.
The limited range of motion effectively takes the chest somewhat out of the equation of the press.