One of the most common questions asked by athletes at the gym is, "How much do you bench?" The bench press, a fundamental upper body exercise, works your pectorals, deltoids and triceps muscles. Improving your bench press requires mastering proper...
Most of us have attempted bench pressing at one point or another. Some might have lifted with confidence, while others may have been intimidated by the hulk to the right lifting 300 pounds. But he didn't get there by lifting giant weights. The...
While increasing the amount of weight you can lift on the bench press is good for your workout, it's important that you execute the lifts safely. According to a Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital study, more than 970,000...
When you first start training to increase your bench press you have gains week after week, and then suddenly the gains stop. You hit a plateau. No matter what you do, your bench press will not go up. When this happens there are some things you can...
If your goal is to increase the amount of weight you can bench press, you will need to implement an all-around approach. While strengthening your chest muscles is important, you also need to strengthen your stabilizer muscles as well. You also...
The bench press is an good indicator of overall upper-body strength, International Sports Sciences Association reports. As of 2010, Ryan Kennelly holds the world record for bench press at 1,075 pounds, which he lifted in 2008. Although few...
The bench press is an upper body strengthening exercise. You use either a barbell or dumbbells as your resistance for the strength-training movement. The traditional bench press uses a flat bench that is parallel to the floor. You lie face up on...
A bench press is a compound exercise that works the chest, shoulders and triceps all at the same time. Compound exercises are also known as multi-joint exercises because they involve more than one joint movement. This in turn fires up a high...
The bench press and overhead press are two pushing exercises in separate planes of movement, such that when comparing them, it becomes much like comparing apples to oranges. They each have their benefits and work your body in different angles. The...
A bench press exercise incorporates muscle groups in the chest, shoulders and arms. It's similar to a chest press, only you set the loaded barbell on the rack of a weightlifting bench before and after the exercise. Proper form is essential to...
While the science of diet and exercise has drastically advanced since the 1950s, some basic exercises, such as curling and bench pressing, remain. Despite this, some exercises from the 1950s have proved ineffective over the years and are no longer...
Most everyone who does strength training uses an exercise bench. The exercise bench is often used in exercises such as the bench press, curling exercises, shoulder presses, triceps extensions and leg curls. Utilizing proper safety and exercise...
The bench press is considered by weight-lifters to be the No. 1 indicator of upper body strength. Lifters of all kinds are interested in boosting their bench numbers to a higher level. It can be a tough process, but with attention paid to...
Increasing the maximum one-rep weight limit is a goal of many weightlifters for exercises like bench presses, squats and deadlifts. "Maxing-out" for one rep on various exercises is a good way to gauge strength and overall progress. Observing a few...
The bench press is one of the most popular weight lifts among strength trainers and bodybuilders. It works out a large portion of your upper body, including your chest, biceps, triceps, shoulders and back muscles. Among lifters of all ages, the...
The bench press engages several muscles---your pectoralis major, pectoralis minor, anterior deltoid, serratus anterior, triceps brachii and coracobrachialis. The bench press is a core fundamental exercise for developing upper body strength,...
The bench press is a popular exercise used primarily to develop upper body strength. If you perform the bench press correctly, the exercise works compound muscle groups, unlike other exercises such as fly presses that isolate only one muscle....
The bench press is a common strength-training exercise that can be performed by athletes and fitness enthusiasts. Athletes such as football players commonly perform a bench press test involving maximum repetitions with the weight set at 225 lbs....
The bench press is an excellent exercise that is popular for working multiple muscles. According to BodyBuilding.com, the most common exercise in the gym is the flat barbell bench press. Some of the main benefits of the bench press are that it is...
The deadlift weightlifting exercise primarily targets the lower back muscles, while the bench press mainly targets the chest, or pectoral, muscles. In addition to the lower-back core muscles, deadlifts also provide strength conditioning to several...
The bench press is a widely-used upper body strength exercise. The exercise requires strength in the chest and arms to get the bar off the rack, safely lower it and press it upward. There are several different body types in existence and different...
The bench press is one of the most popular weight room exercises for the upper body. But the exercise can be frustrating, especially when you hit a plateau. The most effective bench press programs work on improving technique and strengthening the...
The triceps muscle is located at the back of the upper arm. It runs from the shoulder blade and humerus and inserts into the ulna. If tension is too excessive in this area, it can damage the muscle. When bench pressing, sometimes minor muscle...
The bench press is a compound exercise that is performed with a barbell or dumbells and weight bench. During this exercise, you lift the wieght to and from the chest from a face-up position. Being that this is a compound exercise, it works...
You can get an effective chest workout with minimal strength-training equipment or even no equipment at all. Part of the allure of gym workouts is having access to a wide variety of equipment, which in turn gives you many different ways of...
One of the easiest exercises to learn -- and one of the most difficult to master -- is the bench press. However, if the only exercise you use to build your pectorals is the bench press, then you are only training half of the muscle. The flat bench...
In gyms across the nation, the word "pecs" is often thrown around. This is shorthand for the pectorals which are your chest muscles. In anatomical terms, the pecs contain two parts--the pectoralis major and pectoralis minor. The way to make these...
The Smith machine once was considered a trend-setter in safe and effective weightlifting equipment. However, science has caught up with the machine to reveal that not everything that once was believed about it is true. Perhaps the Smith machine is...
Burn calories through cardiovascular activity and resistance training to tighten up the side of your chest. Spot fat reduction is impossible, but lowering your overall body fat helps you shed fat throughout your physique, including the side of...
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