BFS Position Paper: The Bench and Variations
The BFS perspective on the bench press and its variations — the most popular lift in training, and how variations like the incline fit a school program.
What you’ll learn
- The bench press's place next to the squat and clean
- The incline press and other variations, compared
- How upper-body pressing fits the BFS core lifts
- Perspective from decades of school weight rooms
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