The barbell bench press is one of the most classic compound exercises because it works three of the most important muscle groups in your upper body: the chest, shoulders, and triceps. As a staple in ...

Lie back on a flat bench holding a barbell in the rack above you with a shoulder-width, overhand grip. Set yourself by lifting your hips to create pressure on your upper back. Lower your hips, but ...

From push-ups to the bench press, our expert shares the easiest ways to build your chest muscles and benefit the rest of your ...

The hand release pushup is the third event on the Army Combat Fit-ness Test. The hand release push up measures upper body strength and power. It is relevant to combat tasks like reinforcing obstacles, ...

The question is, what actually qualifies as close-grip? Should your hands be so close that they touch? Do you need to approach the lift any differently than the standard bench? And what cues should ...

THE SMARTEST LIFTERS understand that they need multiple approaches to reach their goals. They can't just perform rep after rep of bench press, for example, and expect that they'll grow the biggest, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...