This is a fantastic core exercise and is often used for overcoming a lagging side correcting dominance.
Dumbbells on the floor.
Bend your elbows so your weights stack over your wrists then bring your elbows to a 45.
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.
It s not just a good chest exercise it s also easy on your shoulder joints.
How to do it.
Instead of pressing with two dumbbells the unilateral incline dumbbell bench press will have you holding and pressing one dumbbell at a time.
Place your feet firmly on the floor on either side of the bench.
The floor press isn t an excuse to skip out on the good eccentric contractions.
Dumbbell floor press.
The exercise is the floor pause dumbbell fly.
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.
Dumbbell floor press powerlifters will traditionally use the floor press to break through plateaus on their bench press.
Dumbbell floor press variations.
Utilizing the floor removes potential strain places on the shoulder joint.
Lie on the floor holding a dumbbell in each hand.
Lie on your back holding your dumbbells and bring the soles of your feet to the floor knees pointing up.
Lie flat on your back on a flat incline bench.
Bend knees with feet firmly planted on floor.
The dumbbell floor press is a shoulder friendly upper body pressing exercise that strengthens the chest shoulders and arms.
How to do it.
Set of 2 dumbbells flat bench.
This exercise is the at home alternative to the bench press.
Slowly lower the dumbbells or barbell letting your elbows touch the ground softly.