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Floor bench scapula.
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The floor press can be programmed either as a max effort lift or dynamic movement.
Engage your scapula retractors prior to rowing or activating your serratus anterior and rotator cuff muscles prior to bench pressing.
Floor presses negate leg drive creating a pure upper body push.
October 4 2011 at 4 19 am.
By performing the bench press on the floor the lifter can establish a better.
All the stress is focused on the chest triceps and shoulders.
If you had a choice would you do a regular bench press or a floor press.
The dumbbell floor press is more than just the bench press s primitive cousin.
Allow the scapula to sag then push the scapula away from you pushing your chest away from the floor.
Extend your arms vertically with palms facing inwards.
As you bridge up you can adjust the scapula position as your torso supports the bar.
The rhomboids and scapular are responsible for stabilization of the barbell and or loading during the floor press.
The scapula aka the shoulder blade is considered the base of the shoulder complex.
Lie on your back on a bench or on the floor holding a light dumbbell in each hand.
It s a tension generating core attacking strength builder of the first order.
While most bodybuilders and strength athletes today will use the bench press for the majority of chest training the floor press used to be the gold standard.
The common people too are very susceptible to this problem so here is a list of exercises that can be performed to stabilize the scapula.
The floor press which was covered extensively in a previous article is a segmented shorter range of motion variation of the bench press with the intent to target the top half.
To set the scapula is easy pull your hips as close to your head while pulling the scapula down and the bar should rest in the hip groove.