Whether you’re chasing bigger pecs, strength PBs, or simply trying to fill out your T-shirts, one thing’s for certain: the bench press is king. Few moves compare to the feeling of repping your own ...

BUILDING MUSCLE TAKES a plan. If you schlep to the gym four times a week, pick up a random pair of dumbbells, and do a few sets of random reps for a handful of exercises, your results aren’t going to ...

A dumbbell bench press is an upper-body exercise that builds strength in your chest and arms, and stability in your shoulders. Dumbbells can challenge your shoulder stability even more than a barbell, ...

IF YOUR MEDIA diet puts you into certain corners of the muscle-obsessed fitness internet, you know about lengthened partials. If you don't immediately recognize the term, we'll get you up to speed: ...

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 ...

The bench press is one of the marquee events at the 2025 NFL Scouting Combine, which runs Thursday-Sunday (Feb. 27-March 2) at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis. Offensive and defensive linemen have ...

The bench press, star of chest day, has long stood as the de facto measure for a lifter’s strength. There are, of course, more holistic ways to measure physical strength—and if your goal is simply to ...

After months and years of showing off their strength on tape, NFL draft prospects at the NFL combine get to show it off in the rawest form: the bench press. Players who participate in the bench press ...