For decades, the bench press — which has you lay on your back, lower a barbell to your chest, and press it up — has been considered a true test of upper body strength. It's also a fantastic ...

Tiffany Chapon locked out a 101.5-kg (223.7-lb) bench press to set a new IPF World Record at the 2025 Sheffield Powerlifting ...

But in one corner of the gym, at the OKC MAPS 3 Health and Wellness Center, a small group of seniors are lifting the ceiling ...

"Bench press is often used as a testing tool for the physical parameters of upper body strength," Mulkearns, a 12-year industry veteran, says. "Most clubs shy away from a traditional one repetition ...

The bench press is a test of strength and endurance. It calls on athletes to bench press 225 pounds as many times as possible — no easy feat for anyone, even the best football players in the world.

Agata Sitko has managed to defend her title at the 2025 IPF Sheffiel Powerlifting Championships by setting three new World ...

Then, the participants performed their one-rep max bench press test. The study found that muscle thickness strongly correlates with one-rep max bench press strength. Two equations were successfully ...

She specialises in bench press, most recently placing sixth at the World Bench Press Championships. Bains started powerlifting eight years ago, aged 17, to improve her performance in athletics.