Bridge press? Never heard of this variation.
From The Early Days of Lifting
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It was one of the mains lift performed by those in the early days.
I’ve trained bridge press and it was much higher than my bench press, about 120 %.
The Bridge Press
It is essentially a Decline Press.
Lifters can Decline Press more than they can Flat Bench Press.
Muscle Involvement
As previously posted, when you change the angle of an exercise, modify the grip width or stance width in a movement, it essentially turn it into a different exercise. The muscles involved in the movement change.
Think of Incline, Flat and Decline Press as Ice Cream.
The Incline is Vanilla.
The Flat Bench Press is Chocolate
The Decline Bench Press is Strawberry.
They are all Ice Cream but different; it is the same with the various Presses.
Decline bench press better for pecs than incline bench press
The incline bench press is almost as popular in gyms as the flat bench press, while the decline bench press is often neglected. And that's a shame. According to a human study done a number of years ago, the decline bench press is a better exercise for the chest muscles than the incline bench press.
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According to a human study done a number of years ago by sports scientists at Wayne State College,
the decline bench press is a better exercise for the chest muscles than the incline bench press.
The figure above shows the effect of both exercises on the lower part of the chest muscle. Here you can see that the decline bench press does have the effect that bodybuilders think it has.
The floor press with a "twist"
The floor press with a "twist"
Great Memory
Information on the Floor Press was provide in this post last year. The very last post goes into more informaiton.
One of the items addressed is the...
The Belly Toss Bench Press
This is one of my favorite Auxiliary Bench Press Exercises.
The Belly Toss Bench Press is a Decline Bench Press perform by placing the feet on the bench, dropping the hips down, lowering the bar, then driving the bar up.
As the bar is driven up, thrust up with the hips. This allows you to drive more weight up.'
it is a form of Speed Training.
it is to the Bench Press what the Push Press is to the Overhead Press; it simulates a similar training effect.
I guess I'm not getting what this translates to in the real or sport world.
Judo and Wrestling
As a former Judoka, the Belly Toss Bench Press is one of the most effective Strength-Power Training Exercises in grappling; when you on your back and need to drive them up to create enough space to flip over on your stomach and get up.
"This was a favorite lift of Arthur Saxon and I’m sure it served him well in developing strength for his wrestling pursuits."
Source:
Belly Toss Archives - www.oldtimestrongman.com
There are other training benefits that can be obtained with the Bridge Press and the Belly Toss Press.