bench press

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Definition of bench press in English English dictionary: An exercise preformed by pressing the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench
Nubret has pushed and pulled maniacally at iron while sustaining a diet that would explode an ordinary metabolism—doing for that renowned chest, for instance, forty sets of twenty benchpresses (pushing 210 pounds off his chest a total of eight hundred times every other day).; To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench
I went home and bench pressed 30 pounds more than I had ever done before.; a small punch press mounted on a workbench; A lift that is executed from a horizontal position on a bench, in which the weight is lifted from the chest to arm's length and then lowered back to the chest; a weightlifting exercise in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward; a weightlifting exercise in which you lie on your back on a bench and press weights upward a small punch press mounted on a workbench; {i} weightlifting exercise carried out by a lifter lying on a bench (Sports); tiny punch press fixed on a workbench; To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench
benchpress: Alternative spelling of bench press
incline bench press: a bench press performed on an inclined bench

bench press

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bench Press

benç pres

/ˈbenʧ ˈpres/ /ˈbɛnʧ ˈprɛs/

[ 'bench ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English, from Old English benc; akin to Old High German bank bench.

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