Bench Kings – Learn from the Pros
In high school weight rooms around the world, the bench press reigns supreme. While the squat and deadlift have great athletic carry-over, the bench press has earned a spot as the definitive gauge of upper body strength.
Even though the bench seems like a deceptively simple “push a bar off your chest” exercise, BP specialists could spend weekends palavering about methods to improve their press.
I got on the phone with a half-dozen of the best benchers in the biz, picked their brains (they were surprisingly generous in sharing their secrets), and was rewarded with some useful tricks and techniques to help anyone go from benching a weight that weenies might use for curls to driving up a bar that rattles a bit.
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A.J. Robert