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When it comes to lifting weights, I think everything that needs to be said probably has been. There is nothing new. Everything is a remix or resurrection of ideas someone else put forward years or...
Read more →Readers of this site already know that I dislike the bench press. After benching for 16 years, I gave it up for machines done either very slowly or with static holds. I outlined my case against the...
Read more →I'm going to share my dark embarrassing secret. My bench press sucks! Since I started lifting weights in 1994, there have only been three periods where I could bench more than my weight. And then I...
Read more →Of all the gym exercises, the bench press is the one that has been the most challenging. Tall ectomorphs have long arms and small wrists. Getting under a decent amount of weight and pushing it...
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