I did these with dumbbells during the big lockdown when gyms were closed. They are very safe because if you fail, your elbows hit the floor and you won't go any lower. Even if your arms should go behind your head, you will not tear up your shoulders. The floor stops you from having a devastating shoulder injury.
with bad shoulders I do these to warm up for chest and loosen up, so much benefit as without them it feels liek a knife is stabbing my shoulder when I do normal bench
@@Rkid1999Hi & yes, a great way to self unrack: have your knees bent, lift your butt off the ground, putting the weight on your shoulders/scapula area. You’re now mimicking a decline position. Lift the weight out of the J-hooks over your body while still in this position. Once you’re steady, lower your butt to the floor and start pressing. 0:50 Buff Dudes are showing this type of position for self unracking (this technique can also be applied on the bench when you don’t have a spotter). Remember to don’t go to failure while performing the floor press. Have the J-hooks one notch lower to where you can easily press it up like they show in this video. When re-racking, press the bar back against the 2 steel posts and use them as a guide to slide back onto the Jay hooks. If you feel like you have to bail on the lift, carefully throw the weight towards your hips, which are usually lower than your chest and slide out from under the weight. Hope this helps and may you gain some awesome strength from this excellent pressing variation. 💪
I did these with dumbbells during the big lockdown when gyms were closed. They are very safe because if you fail, your elbows hit the floor and you won't go any lower. Even if your arms should go behind your head, you will not tear up your shoulders. The floor stops you from having a devastating shoulder injury.
These save your shoulders if you have any injuries
I mix these in. They're great
with bad shoulders I do these to warm up for chest and loosen up, so much benefit as without them it feels liek a knife is stabbing my shoulder when I do normal bench
So im trying to get my dad and brother into working out you think this would be good to start them out with
I did this for a few weeks, while I was making my home gym and didn't have a bench press yet.
I do floor press instead it feels so much better than bench for me
Once long ago in the year of 2020 we all did this exercise.
great vid 💪🦾
Is it necessary to cross your legs?
Feels like it would cause an imbalance somewhere in your body.
Maybe you could alternate it each set?
1:16 legs not crossed. I do them with legs straight. Good luck with your floor press 💪
@@5150hs Any advice on how to safely remove/place the barbell on your chest without a spotter or bench press machine? thanks
@@Rkid1999Hi & yes, a great way to self unrack: have your knees bent, lift your butt off the ground, putting the weight on your shoulders/scapula area. You’re now mimicking a decline position. Lift the weight out of the J-hooks over your body while still in this position. Once you’re steady, lower your butt to the floor and start pressing. 0:50 Buff Dudes are showing this type of position for self unracking (this technique can also be applied on the bench when you don’t have a spotter). Remember to don’t go to failure while performing the floor press. Have the J-hooks one notch lower to where you can easily press it up like they show in this video. When re-racking, press the bar back against the 2 steel posts and use them as a guide to slide back onto the Jay hooks. If you feel like you have to bail on the lift, carefully throw the weight towards your hips, which are usually lower than your chest and slide out from under the weight. Hope this helps and may you gain some awesome strength from this excellent pressing variation. 💪
The fake injury faces are hysterical 😂