Dividing a lift by bodyweight creates a useful score, but it is not perfectly fair across sizes. Use these Men’s Fitness ...

Gym-bro banter aside, the bench press is arguably the most popular PB that most of us want to nail. And that's absolutely fine. The bench press exercise is a staple in most people's programmes, and ...

tHE STANDARD BARBELL bench press is an all-time chest exercise for good reason. The compound move allows you to push big-time weight and build chest muscle, checking boxes for both performance and ...

WHAT DOES IS take to be considered strong? Scroll through social media long enough, and you’re bound to stumble upon fitfluencers making bold claims about how many people (or more importantly for this ...

My name is Cori Ritchey, and I am an exercise physiology nerd turned fitness journalist, and the fitness editor at Women’s Health. When I’m not writing, editing, and researching fitness, I’m teaching ...

The bench press is the ultimate test for power and endurance at the NFL Combine. Here's a look at how athletes train to make sure they're ready to push as many reps as possible.

When you’re starting out with lifting, there’s nothing particularly comfortable about trying the barbell bench press for the first time. Lying underneath a heavy bar – with no easy way to bail – ...

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 ...