The barbell bench press is a great compound movement for your chest, shoulder, and tricep muscles. And yes, women do need to strengthen their chest muscles as well! It also helps improve core strength ...

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 a classic exercise, as it targets numerous upper-body muscles simultaneously. As a personal trainer, I include the bench press in nearly every client’s program, and I consistently ...

Bench presses can be an effective exercise for building up chest, arm, and shoulder muscles. They work several different muscles in your upper body, including the chest, shoulders, and arms. A bench ...

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 ...

It's par for the course that when it comes to lifting we should start with dumbbells before moving on to barbells. However, we don't like to hamper the full capabilities of our readers, and believe ...

Take your time and be patient with yourself before trying out the barbell. Approach it as if it were a curious cat.(Unsplash/Anastase Maragos) The barbell – and by this I mean the proper one, not the ...

The decline bench press is an excellent exercise for strengthening your lower chest muscles. It’s a variation of the flat bench press, a popular chest workout. In a decline bench press, the bench is ...