bench press
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈbɛntʃ.pɹɛs/
bench press (plural bench presses)
- (weightlifting) An exercise performed by pressing the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.
- French: développé couché
- German: Bankdrücken
- Portuguese: supino
- Russian: жим
- Spanish: banco de prensa, prensa de banco
bench press (bench presses, present participle bench pressing; past and past participle bench pressed)
- (weightlifting) To press the weight of a barbell away from one's body while lying on a bench.
- 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", Ironman 47 (6): 21.
- I went home and bench pressed 30 pounds more than I had ever done before.
- 1988, Frederick C. Hatfield, "Powersource: Ties that bind", Ironman 47 (6): 21.
- (exercise) bench
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