One Arm Floor Press

TricepsBarbellIntermediateCompound
One Arm Floor Press — start position
Start
One Arm Floor Press — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryTriceps
SecondaryChest, Shoulders

How to do it

  1. 01

    Lie down on a flat surface with your back pressing against the floor or an exercise mat. Make sure your knees are bent.

  2. 02

    Have a partner hand you the bar on one hand. When starting, your arm should be just about fully extended, similar to the starting position of a barbell bench press. However, this time your grip will be neutral (palms facing your torso).

  3. 03

    Make sure the hand you are not using to lift the weight is placed by your side.

  4. 04

    Begin the exercise by lowering the barbell until your elbow touches the ground. Make sure to breathe in as this is the eccentric (lowering part of the exercise).

  5. 05

    Then start lifting the barbell back up to the original starting position. Remember to breathe out during the concentric (lifting part of the exercise).

  6. 06

    Repeat until you have performed your recommended repetitions.

  7. 07

    Switch arms and repeat the movement.

In the app

One Arm Floor Press appears when you own a barbell and the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

If you don't have a barbell

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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With ez bar

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