Larsen Press (Barbell)
Trains the chest, with help from the triceps and front delts. 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.
Technique
How to do the Larsen Press (Barbell)
- Lie flat on a bench with your legs fully extended in front of your body and hold the barbell with a grip wider than shoulder width.
- Keep your core tight and slowly lower the barbell to the middle of your chest while keeping your legs raised.
- Pause briefly with the barbell lightly touching your chest.
- Press the barbell back up until your arms are straight, then repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Form cues
Getting it right
- Keep your legs fully extended and off the floor throughout the exercise, while engaging your core for stability.
- Keep your wrists straight and stacked over your forearms.
- Press the barbell in a smooth, controlled path over your chest and lower the weight slowly with control.
- Inhale as you lower the barbell and exhale as you press it up.
Muscles worked
What Larsen Press (Barbell) trains
In the programs
None of our programs use the Larsen 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 24 on the Chest page.
Substitutes
Swap Larsen Press (Barbell) for
The app's swap picker ranks these the same way: same muscles, similar movement, similar equipment.
Let the app run the Larsen 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.