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Floor Press/Board Press

snoopy13 Posts: 239 Joined: 2003/11/15	2004/03/07, 10:20 AM Anyone know how much weight you should use on these excercises? Are you supposed to use heavy weights or lighter or is it a percentage of a max bench press?
gatormade Posts: 1,355 Joined: 2003/10/01	2004/03/08, 11:26 AM Here is how I do it: Floor Press: 135 x 3 225 x 3 245 x 3 265 x 3 285 x 3 305 x 3 325 x 3 345 x 3 365 x 1 385 x 1 405 x 1 I keep going until I feel that if I put more weight on I couldn't do it with good form. I'll do the same with board press. Generally I use heavy weight on these two exercises and I'll do 1-5 reps.
snoopy13 Posts: 239 Joined: 2003/11/15	2004/03/08, 05:32 PM Thanks very much Gatormade
snoopy13 Posts: 239 Joined: 2003/11/15	2004/03/09, 05:50 PM Gatormade, can you do floor press, board press & speed bench on the same day or do you just do 2 of the excercises. And also should you always follow the way that your doing it or is there something different for beginers?