The Art of the Bench Press

Posted by Chris on May 18, 2009 in Workout Info | 2 comments

For those about to bench…

Bench Press

Like most things in life, you have choices. You can choose to do things any old way, or you can choose to do things the right way. When it comes to weight lifting ensuring proper technique is used will help to keep ones body away from injury. Injury is a nasty thing, especially once you start seeing good results. The bench press is your staple chest workout, it is a ‘ruler’ used by many people to measure ones strength. Think back to when you first started lifting, what did people ask you? Most likely they asked how much you could bench. There is good reasoning behind this question, quite simply the bench press requires more upper body strength than any other upper body workout, note leg work outs do require even more strength. Read more here...