Arms · Dumbbell · Compound · Intermediate
Dumbbell Floor Press
PrimarySecondary
- Main muscles
- Triceps
- Also working
- Chest, Shoulders
How to do it
- Lay on the floor holding dumbbells in your hands. Your knees can be bent. Begin with the weights fully extended above you.
- Lower the weights until your upper arm comes in contact with the floor. You can tuck your elbows to emphasize triceps size and strength, or to focus on your chest angle your arms to the side.
- Pause at the bottom, and then bring the weight together at the top by extending through the elbows.
Swaps on other equipment
Each has the triceps as its main muscle and is also a push, on a different piece of equipment.
Other tricep exercises
- Decline EZ Bar Triceps Extension · Barbell
- Dip Machine · Machine
- Dips - Triceps Version · Bodyweight
- Dumbbell One-Arm Triceps Extension · Dumbbell
- Dumbbell Tricep Extension -Pronated Grip · Dumbbell
- EZ-Bar Skullcrusher · EZ Bar
Steps and photos from the public-domain Free Exercise DB, not individually reviewed. How this site is put together · Report a mistake