If you feel frustrated with your bench press numbers or consistently get stuck about three inches off of your chest every time and can't figure out why—it's time to add bench press variations to your ...

To build a chest approaching Superman proportions, you'll need a heavy press somewhere in your training plan. Most lifters will start using a barbell, but there are limits to what you can accomplish, ...

If chest day is your favorite among your workout split, you'll want to heed the advice of Mike Israetel. He ranked the best chest exercises in a recent YouTube video. Israetel holds his Ph.D. in ...

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 ...

Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and services. If you buy something via one of our links, we may earn a commission. The holiday shopping rush is over, but that doesn’t mean the ...

A gym worth the name and your hard-earned subscription must have a chest press machine, among other gym equipment. Typically, this is a machine that you sit or lie on, with handles that are pushed ...

Lifting weights is often about the challenge: can I really lift this much? Or, I already lifted this for eight reps, but can I do a ninth? So you need to prepare for what happens if you fail. If ...

Chest day means bench press day for most active guys, which isn't always a bad thing. The exercise press is an old standard for a reason—but that shouldn't mean that you're doing nothing but the same ...

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 ...