Floor Press (Barbell)
Trains the chest. You need a barbell. None of our programs use it yet, but you can add it to any session you build.
Free to use. The app works out every weight and times your rest.
In the programs
None of our programs use the Floor Press (Barbell)
It is in the app, so you can add it to any session and log it like anything else. It is just not written into one of our 50 free programs. If you want a chest exercise that is, there are 14 on the Chest page.
Muscles worked
What Floor Press (Barbell) trains
Technique
How to do the Floor Press (Barbell)
- Lie on your back on the floor with your feet flat on the floor. Grip a barbell with your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width apart, and hold the barbell directly above your chest with your arms bent, elbows on the floor.
- Engage your core and slowly press the barbell up until your arms are straight over your chest.
- Lower the barbell back to the starting position by bending your arms fully, focusing on using your chest muscles.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Lower the barbell slowly and with control to maximize muscle engagement and prevent injury.
- Ensure your elbows are at a 45-degree angle to your body to reduce shoulder strain.
- Breathe steadily, exhaling as you press the barbell up and inhaling as you lower it down.
Substitutes
Swap Floor Press (Barbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Floor Press (Barbell) for you
Durata picks the weight, times your rest and adds load when you earn it. That works on any of our 50 free programs, or on a session you put together yourself.