Whether your gym is uber luxe or stripped back to basics, there's one thing we can guarantee: somewhere there will be a bench with a barbell. That's because when it comes to building upper-body ...

If you ranked weight-lifting events, the bench press would be by far the most popular in many groups who lift. For powerlifters, bodybuilders, athletes and young teens getting started with their ...

"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 ...

Up until now, wise weightlifters adhered to a golden rule: if you don’t have a spotter, keep the weights light. Pressing heavy weights and really pushing yourself is risky business when you’re all ...

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE TERRIFYINGLY REAL STRAIN IN MY ARMS and shoulders, I'd swear I was having a nightmare. But there's 225 pounds poised precariously above my neck, threatening to crush my throat at ...

Stop struggling at the midpoint of your lift; discover how holding heavy loads in a fixed position can re-wire your nervous ...

ON CHEST DAY, lots of guys work with the sole aim of piling as much weight as possible onto a barbell in order to bench press. The strength training staple is one of the premier exercises that will ...

Chinese weightlifter Lü Xiaojun is an Olympic gold medallist and five-time world champion. He avoids training bench press to ensure he doesn't restrict his shoulder mobility, he said. The bench press ...

The bench press exercise primarily involves the chest and shoulder muscles. Since the neck connects to these major muscle groups, it shares some of the load. Occasionally, this means sharing the pain ...