Can't Feel Your Chest With Bench Press? DO THIS! 

i love the floor press, add a bench pad or plank of wood to lay on to increase the ROM to (if the bar doesn't reach your chest with standard floor press)

@@TomEssTrainz thanks mate , good tip. My son is having a hard time progressing on push ups . We are using a Swiss bar on squat rack and lowering height once we can hit about 3x10. But now it’s getting closer to the floor I think it’s exposing his technique is not so good. We tried different things like food, running for improved fitness and planks, but it doesn’t seem to be helping that much. I think he is using his shoulders /upper body too much. Anyway, I decided to change to the floor press for a while so he can feel his shoulders retracting back and down and trying to push more with his back tight and stabilising if you know what I mean. More using lats and triceps. It seems to be clicking in his head , I think this will be successful in improving his push-up progressions. I just bought my first weight bench , got a good use one and I noticed it was kind of tricky to get back centred and tight, kind of feels like your always a little off to one side . That why I like the stability and feedback of the flat floor . I noticed there is a wider area on the other end of my bench so I might try that .

@@TomEssTrainz how wide should a pad or plank of wood be ? I’m not actually sure if the bar is touching chest , I don’t think it is , but only tried it once. That was with a Swiss bar . I need to buy a straight bar and plates as I don’t actually have any yet

@@ourclarioncall the pad should be a similar width to a regular bench pad, as for your sons push-ups I would stay specific with movement as he is still learning the skill, so keep practicing the push-ups. Adding in the floor press and other horizontal presses that use no leg drive will be beneficial for him at his current level to build the upper body pressing strength so keep that up. Combining to 2 movements I would perform push-ups first as that seems to be the main priority of your sessions, then use he floor press after for sets of 5-8 for volume work. Hope this helps

@@TomEssTrainz hey thanks mate , really appreciate the info 💪👍