Floor Pullover And Press

In the days before there were benches to lie on if you wanted to chest press a weight you had to lay on the floor to do it.
Floor pullover and press. Shoulders front back lats and triceps exercise instructions 1. Lie down on a bench with your shoulders near the end of the bench. Lie on a bench head over the end with your feet flat on the floor. Thus the exercise floor press got its name.
If your triceps sucks try sometrhing old school that exercise was developped before allsorts of bench presses have been discovered and some old masters. The barbell pullover and press is a great all round upper body mass builder working the chest triceps shoulders and lats. This should represent a supramaximal load greater than your 1 rm for the pullover while also being a relatively lighter load that can be moved with high velocity on the pressing phase of the lift. Chest pectorals secondary muscle group s.
Your body should be straight and your feet firmly planted on the floor. Your head should be off the bench. Dumbbell pullover homepage exercise profile primary muscle group s. How to properly perform the bent arm barbell pullover.
Grasp barbell from behind off the floor and position the barbell over chest with elbows bent slightly. Set up for the exercise by grasping a barbell using a wider than shoulder width grip and laying back with your upper back on a flat bench. Enjoy the videos and music you love upload original content and share it all with friends family and the world on youtube.