Raise the dumbbells to your shoulders. If the weight is too heavy, use your knees to kick the bell up. Your forearms should be perpendicular to the floor. Press the weight straight up, keeping your ...

GUYS LOVE THE bench press, and for good reason. The compound exercise allows you to push big-time weight and build chest muscle, checking boxes for both performance and aesthetic goals. If you want to ...

A slight progression on the normal (flat-bench) chest press, some consider its cousin, the incline bench press to be just a little tougher. Rather than working your entire pectorals evenly, the ...

The hand release pushup is the third event on the Army Combat Fit-ness Test. The hand release push up measures upper body strength and power. It is relevant to combat tasks like reinforcing obstacles, ...

Some fitness debates never end, including incline versus flat bench for chest pressing. Exercise scientist Mike Israetel of Renaissance Periodization recently explained why he might choose the incline ...

THE BENCH PRESS is one of the all-time great strength training exercises. For most guys, bench pressing means one thing: getting underneath a barbell loaded with as many plates as possible and eking ...

There's no doubt that the bench press is a legendary exercise, but even the most fabled legends aren't perfect. After years of gym dominance — and verifiable benefits for building strength and ...