Tricep exercise...

[energizer bunny]

its like a bench press but your lying on the floor....with the bar racked on the outside of the power rack.....so you do a press but you can only go to the floor elbows/triceps touch floor...then back up.....so it takes the chest out of the movement.....i supose its a half bench press...on the floor LOL

any way ive been doing these and i really like them......

[Klimax]

Powerlifters use this excercise in the Westside method in max effort day to train strength of bench press.

[energizer bunny]

Powerlifters use this excercise in the Westside method in max effort day to train strength of bench press.

any idea of what they are called?

its a great exercise for your triceps.....it feels really good doing them aswell..and you can go pretty heavy....not like skull crushers....they feel awkward for me.....

[PC650]

ya thats a great exercise, alot of powerlifters i know love it

[energizer bunny]

why dont bodybuilders use it?.......i mean you can go heavy relativly safe.....it doesnt feel awkward like the mentioned skull crushers.....

im going to use them and see how my tris develop..then ill let yous know..

[gymguy30]

I used to love skull crushers and could go very heavy. Now my F'n elbows hurt when I do them, I guess I shouldn't be suprized lol..

[PC650]

im sure they do its almost the same principle of useing blocks when benching, your trying to strengthens your trics, thats how i started benching more, great stuff

[energizer bunny]

I used to love skull crushers and could go very heavy. Now my F'n elbows hurt when I do them, I guess I shouldn't be suprized lol..

yeah thats what i mean....maybe try out the above??

[energizer bunny]

im sure they do its almost the same principle of useing blocks when benching, your trying to strengthens your trics, thats how i started benching more, great stuff

yeah we have them at the gym also....prob is you need 3 people LOL....when going to failure and uping the size of the blocks.....

[PC650]

well i dont bench that much were it takes 3 people lol, im 6'4 so my bench sucks my max is only 335lbs

[energizer bunny]

well i dont bench that much were it takes 3 people lol, im 6'4 so my bench sucks my max is only 335lbs

lol....me neither.......but for the system i used...1 man for the spot....1 man to change the blocks.....1 man to press....

[energizer bunny]

maybe i should of said 2 people....

[PC650]

haha i just watched a video with dennis james and he was using this method while benching. so i guess bb do use it to

[gettingBIGGERfast]

floor presses. The idea is to remove the myostatic stretch from the bottom of the lift, placing more load on the target muscles.

[Bulkn]

i do something similar on chest day to help improve my bench, really hits tri's too.
i use the smith machine and go half way down then back up, get quite a good pump.

[energizer bunny]

floor presses. The idea is to remove the myostatic stretch from the bottom of the lift, placing more load on the target muscles.

cheers for the name......