"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." FOR AS LONG as men have clanked platters of iron onto barbells, the bench press has been a strength ...

When it comes to building muscle, the weight you lift and the effort you exude during each set can make a major difference in achieving noticeable results. Take the bench press, for instance. This ...

THE BENCH PRESS is one of the all-time great strength training exercises. For most guys, bench pressing means one thing: getting underneath a barbell loaded with as many plates as possible and eking ...

The barbell bench press is widely viewed as one of the gold-standard exercises of fitness. It’s the only strength exercise that football players test at the yearly NFL Scouting Combine. And it’s the ...

Competitive powerlifters work hard to increase the maximum amount of weight they can lift for each of these movements. In competitions, they have three tries to successfully lift a pre-chosen amount ...