South_agency//Getty Images Good thing so many other muscles are involved in the bench press. Your anterior deltoids (front shoulders) and triceps are both key supporters in the move. Your delts ...

Here’s how it works. The bench press can be found in just about every gym and home gym, but although it’s one of the most popular exercises for building upper body strength and muscle ...

FOR AS LONG as men have clanked platters of iron onto barbells, the bench press has been a strength benchmark. Some guys swear that you're nothing unless you can push two plates, minimum.

The bench press is one of the greatest strength training exercises of all time; it doesn’t matter whether you’re a powerlifter, hybrid athlete, weightlifter, or a casual gym-goer, it’s an ...

they help power the bench press as you get near the top of the exercise, when you’re extending at the elbows to finish the movement and lock the weight out,” says Skym. In the image below ...

But one analysis shows that by far the most popular weightlifting exercise – among both men and women – is the bench press. The bench press is such a sought-after piece of gym equipment ...