Dividing a lift by bodyweight creates a useful score, but it is not perfectly fair across sizes. Use these Men’s Fitness ...

Compare Bench Press and Bent Over Row strength standards side by side. See how your lifts compare across bodyweights from Beginner to Elite.

Gym-bro banter aside, the bench press is arguably the most popular PB that most of us want to nail. And that's absolutely fine. The bench press exercise is a staple in most people's programmes, and ...

WHAT DOES IS take to be considered strong? Scroll through social media long enough, and you’re bound to stumble upon fitfluencers making bold claims about how many people (or more importantly for this ...

tHE STANDARD BARBELL bench press is an all-time chest exercise for good reason. The compound move allows you to push big-time weight and build chest muscle, checking boxes for both performance and ...

A stronger chest does more than improve the way your upper body looks. The pectoral muscles help you push objects away from ...

My name is Cori Ritchey, and I am an exercise physiology nerd turned fitness journalist, and the fitness editor at Women’s Health. When I’m not writing, editing, and researching fitness, I’m teaching ...

The bench press, star of chest day, has long stood as the de facto measure for a lifter’s strength. There are, of course, more holistic ways to measure physical strength—and if your goal is simply to ...

Mongolia’s 58-year-old president’s 100kg bench press highlights how strength training can support muscle health, mobility, and healthy ageing.

Lifting more weight than you can control increases injury risk and reduces technique quality Flaring elbows excessively during the bench press stresses the shoulders and affects mechanics Bouncing the ...

Compare Bent Over Row and Bench Press strength standards side by side. See how your lifts compare across bodyweights from Beginner to Elite.