Exercise library / Chest
Floor press (barbell)
Chest · Barbell
Sets, reps and RIR
Sets3 to 5
Reps4 to 8
RIR1 to 3
A heavy multi-joint lift with free weights. Keep a rep or two in reserve on most sets so technique holds.
RIR means reps in reserve: how many you could still have done when you racked it. RIR 2 is two short of failure.
Muscles worked
Primary: Chest, Triceps.
Secondary: Front delts, Rotator cuff.
Estimate your one-rep max
Epley's formula, from a set you have actually done. It is an estimate, and it drifts above eight reps, so keep the input between one and twelve.
Enter a set to see the estimate.
What it is called elsewhere
- Norsk Gulvpress (stang)
- Svenska Golvpress (skivstång)
- Dansk Gulvpres (vægtstang)
- Deutsch Floor Press (Langhantel)
- Español Press en suelo (barra)
- Italiano Floor press (bilanciere)
- Português Supino no chão (barra)
- Русский Жим штанги лёжа на полу
- Français Floor press (barre)
Related chest exercises
- Flat dumbbell press
- Incline dumbbell press
- Dumbbell flyes
- Incline dumbbell flyes
- Dumbbell pullover (chest)
- Decline dumbbell press
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