Bench Press On the Ground vs The Bench

[Slang]

 

[Ain't That Something]

Ain't you technically cheating yourself!

 

[ChrisDorner]

On the ground? I need that leverage for my feet though

 

[Malta]

If you're going to do it on the ground use dumbbells so you don't kill yourself.

 

[L33te]

naw..i need my elbows to go back when i bring the bar down

 

[malc]

i saw some dude doing this at the gym this week and i was like

 

[MMS]

floor press is much harder than benching

but less practical too

 

[Ego Noir]

naw..i need my elbows to go back when i bring the bar down

if you want to be real, going that deep on barbell is very bad for shoulders. youre only supposed to go max a little past parallel. Anybody who lifts big boy weight can attest to this.

 

[semtex]

I do unilateral floor press in my room with a 126lb dumbbell, the core stabilization required to keep you from rolling the fukk over is quite immense

 

[L33te]

if you want to be real, going that deep on barbell is very bad for shoulders. youre only supposed to go max a little past parallel. Anybody who lifts big boy weight can attest to this.

i dont bring it all the way down to my chest. i stop 2-3 inches from my it. still, i dont want to feel floor when i bring it down.

 

[im12whatisthis]

Floor press is alright, power lifters use it as more of an accessory than an actual main exercise. From a strength coach perspective the bench press is a more explosive/mass building lift compared to the floor press. Floor press could be considered the "box squat" for the bench and a really good tricep movement if you pause on the floor before you explode up since your triceps will be fully relaxed before the press.

I get a bunch of these reactions when I do them in the squat rack though. Always brings the lolz.

 

[Jesus]

if you want to be real, going that deep on barbell is very bad for shoulders. youre only supposed to go max a little past parallel. Anybody who lifts big boy weight can attest to this.

Thought it was to sternum always....

 

[Reid2Achieve]

Thought it was to sternum always....

That's unfair for the long armed brehs

 

[Jesus]

That's unfair for the long armed brehs

That's what I did and I got 37/38 sleeve length shirts....