Bench Press Articles
The Painful-Yet-Effective Strategy That Will Add Reps to Your Bench Press Test
One of the most common combine events is the Bench Press for reps. At the NFL Combine, it's performed with 225 pounds. At the NBA Combine, it's done w...
Testing Your One-Rep Max? Try This Surprising, Science-Backed Trick to Move More Weight
Over the past two decades, the amount of research on post-activation potentiation (PAP) has skyrocketed. Most proven PAP protocols utilize a heavy str...
Bench Press Hurt Your Shoulder? Here's What You Should Do
Over the years, I have trained numerous athletes with existing shoulder problems that prevented them from bench pressing heavy weight with a ...
Post-Activation Potentiation: How This Unique Training Trick Can Help You
Post-activation potentiation (PAP) is a training concept that has garnered a lot of attention among lifters and strength coaches in recent years. Why?...
Why You Should Train Your Upper Back Every Day
A strong upper back is arguably one of THE most important physical attributes for any strength endeavor. That may sound ridiculous, but it's true. ...
Why You Actually Should Arch Your Back While You Bench Press
Powerlifters are some of the strongest people on the planet. They train to lift as much weight as possible in the Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift, so ...
5 Strength Training Tips for High School Hockey Players
If you're a high school hockey player, I've got great news for you. You're old enough to start lifting weights for real. You enter the Iron Game...
6 Push-Up Variations to Build Strength and Improve Shoulder Health
Push-Ups are a staple for building upper-body strength. They target the chest, shoulders, and triceps, engage the core and require no equipment or spo...
Does Bodyweight Training Count as Strength Training?
Far too often, educated strength and conditioning coaches get caught up in what the hottest books recommend as the do-or-die essentials of exercise. ...
The Right Way to Test Your One-Rep Max (and How to PR More Often)
Some coaches tell you to forget about your one-rep max because the injury risk of testing it is too high. I am not one of those coaches. While I ag...
