Clinical exercise physiologist Heather Milton brings lab-level insight to everyday training, helping runners understand how ...

When you’re starting out with lifting, there’s nothing particularly comfortable about trying the barbell bench press for the first time. Lying underneath a heavy bar – with no easy way to bail – ...

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 ...

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There's a pretty direct correlation between what I'm currently interested in in my own game, and what I end up asking pros about. Right now, it's bench pressing—and strength training in general. Which ...

From the shortage of free benches on the gym floor, it’s clear the bench press remains one of the most popular lifts around. Alongside the squat and deadlift, it forms part of the ‘Big 3’ barbell ...

Oregon Ducks tight end Kenyon Sadiq has been stealing the show at the 2026 NFL Combine. Sadiq has put his combination of speed and strength on full display. Kenyon Sadiq's Bench Press Display at NFL ...

For men who train consistently, strength doesn’t fall off a cliff at 40. In fact, for many lifters, their forties are when they’re at their strongest. Strength is closely linked to training age, not ...

Of all the football players from Alabama’s high schools and colleges who’ve tried to reach the pros, which one did the most repetitions in the bench press at the annual NFL Scouting Combine? A new ...