The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
Dumbbell floor press reps.
That s the basic dumbbell floor press.
Dumbbells can be easier to locate and handle than a barbell especially for a beginner.
Single arm exercises like this floor press variation are a great way to identify and then fix left to right strength imbalances.
Grab dumbbells with an overhand grip and lie flat on your back.
1 minute rest between sets.
Finally drop one of the weights and sit holding the other dumbbell in front of your chest legs in front.
With your dumbbells on the floor just outside your feet.
Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint.
The floor press is the original horizontal barbell press even predating the bench press.
Dumbbell floor presses work best in moderate to high rep ranges more for logistical reasons that anything.
When performed for sets of 3 5 and 6 15 reps the floor press is a great move.
At one time lifters attacked the lift with gusto putting up some impressive numbers including george hackenschmidt s 361 pound strict floor press back in 1899.
Like other things in life the hardest part can be getting it up.
Trying to hoist super heavy dumbbells into position is a royal pain in the you know what.
Every drop on the presses is an extra deadlift and clean just hang on basically.
Do 4 circuits in total.
The dumbbell chest press targets the same muscles as the bench press.
If you lack access to a landmine apparatus.
Using dumbbells does allows you the capacity to change the angle of the shoulder and wrist.
Now let s review variations that use a landmine apparatus.
10 reps 60 seconds rest then go back to 1a db shoulder press.
1 dumbbell deadlift 12 reps.
If you don t have a bench then pretty much any other chest compound exercise you re able to do dumbbell floor press any sort of push up variation band chest press etc would be fine here.
How to do it.
You can also use your free arm to self spot so that if you are unable to complete a rep you can use your non working arm to help you finish your set.