bench press
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3.0
- noun
- /bɛnʧ prɛs/
:
press de banca
- Many fitness enthusiasts believe that the bench press is essential for developing chest muscles.
- bench press exercise
- bench press test
- YMCA bench press
First time on the bench press, just the bar.
- First time on the bench press, just the bar.
- When I, let's say, do a bench press or a fly or walk up a hill,
- So you can do bench press, deadlift, overhead press, curls.
- OK, so I do one set of the bench press, hand it to him, he does a set.
- Heavyweight lifting like the heavy complex deadlift, squat, bench press.
- Long story short, he suggested doing push ups instead of bench press.
- Like choosing a hack squat over a barbell squat or doing a, you know, a bench press over dumbbells.
- So Chris, he put like some of the plates on the on the bar to the bench press.
- So for example, bench press or shoulder press, row or chin for pull, and then squat or deadlift for hinge.
- So push, pull with your upper body, bench press, pull some kind of pull down.
- What's so I mean, I squatted the same as my bench press.
- It's something I like to do, so bench press or may go for a run, something like that.
Examples
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If you just did some bench presses, stretch your hip flexors.
Blog text (26) -
If you are stuck in a rut with your bench press gains.
Blog text (25) -
First time on the bench press, just the bar.
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The task performed by subjects was the bench press exercise.
Academic text (1990) -
Peter is on the bench press, straining to finish his set.
Fiction book (1992) -
It's a great assistance exercise to help bust through a bench press plateau.
Blog text (25) -
Some bodybuilders think the most efficient way to achieve this goal is through bench presses.
Blog text (30) -
Subjects performed four sets of the bench-press exercise at their individual pretest weight for each external cue condition.
Academic text (1990) -
The Lumberjack Gym includes a bench press, squat rack, leg press, dumbbells, yes, even a treadmill.
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Her POV: Lester, in a T-shirt and gym shorts, lies on a new weight bench, doing bench presses with shiny new barbells.
Fiction book (1999)
Synonyms
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4.1
Pushing a heavy bar while lying on a bench or the amount pushed
An exercise pressing a barbell or dumbbells up on a sloping bench to work the upper chest
How Intense
Surface Forms
Morphology
The noun meaning is directly built from 'bench' (a work table) + 'press' (a device or action that presses), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer a press associated with or mounted on a bench. This is a straightforward compositional compound (though learners may note the homonymous use for the weightlifting exercise), making the sense predictable from the parts.
Etymology
The noun bench press comes from the clear image of the exercise: you lie on a bench and press a weight up from your chest. So the name describes the action and means 'an exercise in which a person lies on their back and pushes a weight upwards from chest level'.