Bench Press 101

The bench press has been a popular lift in the bodybuilding community for some time now and is used to build the chest muscles. The bench press is known as compound lift which is a lift aimed at moving more than one body limb or muscle.

The bench press also uses the triceps, biceps,back muscles, abs and forearms but the main stress is on the chest.

The bench press is one of the most used exercises in body building and the one that causes the injuries. It is important to use the correct form when lifting heavy weights and trying to avoid 1 rep max.

This is what happens.

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The bench press lift is done using a barbel, bench and a spotter for heavy lifts and first time lifters. The lifter lies on his back on the bench with his legs bent on the floor, then he picks up the barbell from the racks and slowly lifts down into postition as showed here.

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