? on floor presses

[Jimbo]

Got a quick question for you. Im gonna start doing floor presses today and I was just wondering. When my arms touch the ground. Do I relax them/pause and then lift back up. Or is this just touch and go?

 

[PHIL HERNON]

GOOD ?

Got a quick question for you. Im gonna start doing floor presses today and I was just wondering. When my arms touch the ground. Do I relax them/pause and then lift back up. Or is this just touch and go?

TOUCH AND GO, DONT REST THEM.

 

[ironfreak83]

honestly, from a powerlifting stand point you'll get more out of the floor presses if you pause for a second at the bottom. as far as bodybuilding i have no idea which way is better but i would think that by just touch and go it would keep more stress off the shoulders and pecs.

 

[Mr_Magoo]

ur rep range can affect how u do this as well, i feel that lower reps require more control and a pause is needed to make sure the bar path is correct

 

[tattoojr]

You can pause at the bottom but not relax, if that makes sense. J.R.

 

[Mr_Magoo]

what tatoo said is also true of box squats

 

[parrajm]

the whole idea is to stop any momentum you have before executing the positive movement. when your arms are flat on the ground, you only need to have them there for a split second before you push the weight. On a side note, i'm not a big fan of this workout due to the huge restriction actually doing the workout on the floor puts on you. I typically do this on a smith press to be able to have a fuller range of motion. just thought i'd throw that in there.

 

[Mr_Magoo]

can u still have ur arms on the ground while in the smith machine?

 

[parrajm]

the point is to negate any existing momentum in the movement before forcing the weight up. You can do this a few ways. If it doesn't bother you, you can rest the bar on your chest a bit. I've also seen people put dumbells on their sides and put them where their elbows will be when the bar is lowered so they have something to rest (and by rest i mean wait just long enough for all the momentum the bar has to stop) their elbows on before forcing the weight upward.

In all honesty i didn't find much for this exercise after i stopped playing sports, because i get a much better pump from a lot of other exercises. the plyometeric nature of this lift is really geared toward functionality on football field (or whatever sport you're training for).

 

[Mr_Magoo]

its really not a plyometric exercise by any means

 

[FRKNHUGE]

first, beware on these, i never liked these for any aspect of my bench training.
why pin your wrist/elbow/forearm between a solid floor and a heavily weighted bar. personally i liked rack/pin presses.
if u insist on these, just barely touch ur tricep to the floor.
as far as plyometric, no.
frk

 

[Blenderate]

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[FRKNHUGE]

as i said, i see no use for these
but who am i, just some dumb kid lol
frk

 

[Paul Bunyan]

I've used them with great success. Touch and go or paused. The thing to remember is to control the weight on the way down.

PB