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06-12-2009, 08:13 PM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #1 | | Dinosaur
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario Age: 17
Posts: 14
Height: 5"8' Weight: 130lbs
Rep Power: 101 | Bench press, no bench?
Is it just as effective to do the original bench press on the floor without the bench?
At my house I don't have a bench, so I just lay flat on the floor.
Is this bad? | 
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06-12-2009, 10:03 PM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #2 | | Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sunny California! Age: 34
Posts: 1,774
Rep Power: 101357 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
Bad? No, I wouldn't call it bad, I'd call it less effective. Do them the way you are, and yo may notice more development in your triceps, more than your chest. Until you get a way to do a real bench press, you can do what you're doing after you do push ups between chairs. Do them with your feet elevated, and dipping deep between chairs. | |
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06-13-2009, 07:41 AM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #3 | | Extreme Bodybuilder
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,540
Rep Power: 101102 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
Off the floor would be termed floor presses. Powerlifters use those alot. | |
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06-13-2009, 08:09 AM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #4 | | Dinosaur
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario Age: 17
Posts: 14
Height: 5"8' Weight: 130lbs
Rep Power: 101 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
Thanks guys.
And yes, my triceps are quite sore.  | |
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06-13-2009, 06:14 PM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #5 | | Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sunny California! Age: 34
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Rep Power: 101357 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
There it is. | |
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06-14-2009, 05:45 AM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #6 | | Gym Rat
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Manila, Philippines
Posts: 218
Height: 5'10 Weight: 200 lb
Rep Power: 534 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
I think you'd have a hard time getting much stretch in the pecs doing floor presses. | |
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06-15-2009, 10:26 AM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #7 | | Extreme Bodybuilder
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,540
Rep Power: 101102 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
Actually people with shoulder problems have been told again and again to just go to 90degrees.....keeps alot of shoulder out of it. | |
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06-16-2009, 11:48 AM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #8 | | Bodybuilder
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 564
Rep Power: 1234 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Critical Mass  Bad? No, I wouldn't call it bad, I'd call it less effective. Do them the way you are, and yo may notice more development in your triceps, more than your chest. Until you get a way to do a real bench press, you can do what you're doing after you do push ups between chairs. Do them with your feet elevated, and dipping deep between chairs. | a buddy of mine tore his shoulders up doing those | |
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06-16-2009, 07:59 PM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #9 | | Dinosaur
Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Ontario Age: 17
Posts: 14
Height: 5"8' Weight: 130lbs
Rep Power: 101 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
Just have to be careful then I suppose.
Sorry about your friend. | |
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06-16-2009, 08:30 PM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #10 | | Extreme Bodybuilder
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 3,540
Rep Power: 101102 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
Anyone can hurt their shoulders doing any pressing exercise, just have to stress and focus form. Even when form is spot on sometime bad things happen. | |
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06-28-2009, 02:37 PM
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Bench press, no bench? Post #11 | | Member
Join Date: Jun 2009
Posts: 21
Rep Power: 1 | Re: Bench press, no bench?
No, not bad at all.
Use what you have.
As long as you're stimulating your muscle, and offering intense contractions, you should be ok. | |
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