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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Roger Bacon on July 28, 2014, 01:42:01 PM
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Is this worth while at all? Why wouldn't you just use a shorter range of motion on the regular bench (stop when upper arms are parallel to the floor)?
No one does floor press, that's probably a sign that it works. :D
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It seems very uncomfortable.
I dont regular bench presses because its a lot of work too, i prefer the fly machine.
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Is this worth while at all? Why wouldn't you just use a shorter range of motion on the regular bench (stop when upper arms are parallel to the floor)?
No one does floor press, that's probably a sign that it works. :D
Yes, we rotate every week.
Week 1 - regular bench w/various grip
Week 2- Floor Press
Week 3 - Reverse Band bench
http://instagram.com/p/kTmLBOG17h/?modal=true
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Yes, we rotate every week.
Week 1 - regular bench w/various grip
Week 2- Floor Press
Week 3 - Reverse Band bench
http://instagram.com/p/kTmLBOG17h/?modal=true
Its only a matter of time before you hurt someone badly.
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Don't ask me how but it has a totally different feel/squeeze. Solid movement, though I prefer a rack press.
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I do it with a dumbbell, one arm a time
pros - don't need a spotter, can lie on your side and roll the DB into position. Lets you set up a perfect retracted shoulder position
cons - stabilizers fatigue and the DB can come crashing down if you push too far to failure
If you have short arms and thick torso like me the range of motion is only a couple of inches less than flat - BUT those last inches are what destroys your shoulder capsule so its a fair trade off.
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I do it with a dumbbell, one arm a time
pros - don't need a spotter, can lie on your side and roll the DB into position. Lets you set up a perfect retracted shoulder position
cons - stabilizers fatigue and the DB can come crashing down if you push too far to failure
If you have short arms and thick torso like me the range of motion is only a couple of inches less than flat - BUT those last inches are what destroys your shoulder capsule so its a fair trade off.
Mawse, I have a labrum tear that I have been working around for years. What else do you like to do for chest?
I'm big on close grip DBs and do a ton of cable presses
Chime in as well coach.
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Its only a matter of time before you hurt someone badly.
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Mawse, I have a labrum tear that I have been working around for years. What else do you like to do for chest?
I'm big on close grip DBs and do a ton of cable presses
Chime in as well coach.
I feel your pain, literally, my left labrum is a bit chewed up too.
DB floor press, cables on all angles that don't hurt, incline DB press , flat DB press and that's about it. And 30 mins mobility work on thoracic/shoulders and lots of band work, stretches before I even look at a weight
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Coach, how about the JM Press, you guys dont like that one?
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Yes, we rotate every week.
Week 1 - regular bench w/various grip
Week 2- Floor Press
Week 3 - Reverse Band bench
http://instagram.com/p/kTmLBOG17h/?modal=true
Interesting, thanks Coach!!
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Mawse, I have a labrum tear...
Hahaha, you have a labia tear. Next time just say no to BBC.
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Hahaha, you have a labia tear. Next time just say no to BBC.
so stupid that it's hilarious!!! ;D
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Coach, how about the JM Press, you guys dont like that one?
Yes, its actually in this months training right after Bench. Not for everyone though.
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Mawse, I have a labrum tear that I have been working around for years. What else do you like to do for chest?
I'm big on close grip DBs and do a ton of cable presses
Chime in as well coach.
I have one as well....I just did a 12 week meet cycle with the blue slingshot. I benched twice without it and hit 352 at my meet this weekend. I also did all my close grips with it. My shoulder barely bothered me. I did any OHP with a strongman log. It saved my shoulder.
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Is this worth while at all? Why wouldn't you just use a shorter range of motion on the regular bench (stop when upper arms are parallel to the floor)?
No one does floor press, that's probably a sign that it works. :D
::) if it's good enuff for these guys , well i'm just saying.
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what a floor-whore
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Great movement. Try doing your close-grip bench presses from the floor to really target the triceps
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what a floor-whore
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Floor press is a great movement, for most guys it somewhat mimics a board press, depending on your stroke etc... great power movement, almost all the great benchers of the past -Kaz, Arcidi ,Mendy, McDonald, Pacifico , Weil, etc.. all said floor presses were a main staple of their training- Louie, Metal Militia, Kennelly, Bryant also swear by them--- so their must be something good about them !
Most guys I have worked with or talked to found their floor press maybe 25 lbs. higher than flat bench- not all but most did
Just my 2 cents ;D
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Wow finally a bodybuilding related thread by you and not your usual divide and conquer ramblings.
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Its only a matter of time before you hurt someone badly.
Do you even lift ???
Lol@ all the labia tears in this thread.
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I have an arthritic right shoulder where bone hits bone that needs fixing this fall.
Floor press is one of the few movements I can do pain free.
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I have an arthritic right shoulder where bone hits bone that needs fixing this fall.
Floor press is one of the few movements I can do pain free.
Shhhh, don't tell simplton simon. He's having trouble finding a way to work around his labia.
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Floor presses will build great arm strength, especially if you do them with your legs straight out completely eliminating any leg drive what so ever. I actually had a partial tear in my left tricep(only felt a slight burning in muscle at the time) from doing these extremely heavy. Did not realize it tore until I dieted down enough that I could see the divet in my left tricep.
But I love these we rotate them in during our raw training cycles.
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When I used to lift heavy, I would do floor press, board press, and lock outs in the rack on triceps day. This wasn't every week, but I would rotate them. If you're looking to up your bench, it works for helping G with locking out.
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Shhhh, don't tell simplton simon. He's having trouble finding a way to work around his labia.
lol.
Truth though, I haven't quite figured out how do to them solo after a certain weight. Trying to think of a way to put them on wood blocks, then have my kids pull the blocks away. Actually, that may be the solution now that I type it.
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lol.
Truth though, I haven't quite figured out how do to them solo after a certain weight. Trying to think of a way to put them on wood blocks, then have my kids pull the blocks away. Actually, that may be the solution now that I type it.
Just don't hit a max. Keep it around 75-90%. Unless you're break a record each week it's not necessary. I don't even hit a max anymore. The older I get the harder it is for me to recover. I literally hurt for days. I play in a softball league and I was for shit yesterday I was in so much pain.
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Just don't hit a max. Keep it around 75-90%. Unless you're break a record each week it's not necessary. I don't even hit a max anymore. The older I get the harder it is for me to recover. I literally hurt for days. I play in a softball league and I was for shit yesterday I was in so much pain.
I hear that - I've taken that attitude on box squatting....just work at 75-80%, then deload every 5 weeks or so.