Bench Press Without Rack

The video below shows how you can do floor presses with a regular rack and barbell setup.

Bench press without rack. I use a rack which comes with 2 sets of pins. Set the safety pins or arms so that they re slightly lower than where the barbell would be when touching your chest. If you want to have most of the benefits of the standard bench press without the bench you can try floor presses with dumbbells.

By benching without a bench. Feeling comfortable means feeling strong. 1 barbell floor press.

3 grab the bar where it feels most comfortable to you. If you don t have a full rack a multi press rack or a sumo rack will do nicely. Thumbs around the barbell at all times when you re bench pressing.

If you think about it the bench press is almost like a guillotine. Read description for warming up. In this video i will show how to do a barbell bench press.

The bench press is one of the most popular exercises in the gym but it s also potentially one of the most dangerous if done alone without a spotter or performed outside of a power rack or squat rack. Take your dumbbells in hand and extend your arms straight above your chest muscles. How to bench press without a bench.

I use my own personal technique to get down into the bench press. If you re benching alone never bench without a power rack that you can attach safety arms or pins to. If you are just starting out select dumbbells that are more moderate in weight to avoid injury.