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Cathe Friedrich doing a dumbbell Bench Press

Why Women Need to Bench Press

How often do you bench press? It’s an exercise that some women avoid because they don’t want to build a bulky chest. However, even women can benefit from bench pressing. Here are five reasons why.

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How Hand Placement Affects Bench Press Results

The bench press is a compound exercise used to build upper body strength. However, hand placement plays a role in which muscles get the most emphasis. Here is a breakdown of how grip and hand placement impact muscle activation when you do the bench press. 

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Three ways to do a Bench Press

This picture shows three different ways to do a Bench Press. Deazie is using dumbbells; Denise is using our patent pending push pull tower and Greg is using a traditional Bench Press. A fourth way would be to use a machine like a Bowflex. STS was actually first designed and tested using dumbbells only for

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A New World Record!

Patent Pending Okay, maybe not a new world Bench Press record, but the above STS picture clearly demonstrates why our new Strength Bar/Pull-Up Tower (Patent Pending) was needed. The above picture shows Cathe doing a flat bench press for 8 reps at near her body weight in Mesocycle #3. Without a bench press or a

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Greg Performs a Bench Press

In the above picture Greg performs a Bench Press. In STS the Guys will be using a two piece combination unit that can function as a standalone flat/incline/decline exercise bench or as a bench press. This is not a unit we sell, but since many of you have a bench press or Bowflex at home

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