Sit on the bench with your dumbbells resting on your upper legs.

Think you know everything about bench press? Think again. This one simple tweak, the paused bench press, is the secret weapon ...

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Powerlifting coach Nick Benerakis credits this exercise for boosting his bench from 605 to 675 pounds.

The bench press is one of the most straightforward and effective exercises for building upper-body strength. As a compound exercise, it activates multiple muscle groups and joints simultaneously, ...

To paraphrase Kenny Powers, not everybody’s trying to be the best at exercising. You need not worry if you don’t know, or care, how much weight you can put up on the bench. That said, if you know and ...