Definition of "bench press" []

• A lift in weightlifting 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. (noun)

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• "I just don’t know how welluntil I hop on the bench press and throw up four hundred pounds like it’s nothing."