Eccentryx / Exercise Atlas / push
Larsen press
Standard bench, legs extended or feet up on bench; removes all leg drive.
Muscles
- Primary
- chest
- Supporting
- front delts, triceps
Mechanics
- Pattern
- horizontal press
- Equipment
- barbell, bench
- Geometry
- 90° Alignment
- Energy model
- Glycolytic Pathway (10-90s)
- Target feel
- Chest and triceps carry full load — no momentum from leg drive or arch.
- Progression
- Build chest + triceps base until Larsen approaches 80% of regular bench 1RM.
- Regression
- Floor press if lower back is uncomfortable fully extended.
Watch for
- Lower back arching off bench — defeats the isolation purpose
- Grip too wide — same mistake as regular bench but more exposed without leg drive
- Using competition weight — this is a technique/accessory lift; use 80% or less
Substitutions
- Barbell bench press
- DB bench press
- Floor press