Dumbbells On The Floor

It s not just a good chest exercise it s also easy on your shoulder joints.

Dumbbells on the floor.

The floor press isn t an excuse to skip out on the good eccentric contractions. Lie on the floor holding a dumbbell in each hand. The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms. This is a fantastic core exercise and is often used for overcoming a lagging side correcting dominance.

I learned it from bodybuilding legend bill pearl. Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint. Dumbbell floor press variations. How to do it.

Dumbbell floor press powerlifters will traditionally use the floor press to break through plateaus on their bench press. Slowly lower the dumbbells or barbell letting your elbows touch the ground softly. Grab dumbbells with an overhand grip and lie flat on your back. How to do it.

Lie flat on your back on a flat incline bench. 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. This exercise is the at home alternative to the bench press. 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.

Place your feet firmly on the floor on either side of the bench. Push your shoulder blades into the floor and pull them down and back. Bend knees with feet firmly planted on floor. Set of 2 dumbbells flat bench.

The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly. Instead of pressing with two dumbbells the unilateral incline dumbbell bench press will have you holding and pressing one dumbbell at a time.