Bench press facts for kids
The bench press is a weight training exercise for the chest muscles and some helping muscles in the shoulders and arms.
The most people who have bad form in this exercise will push with the feet to make their back bent and lifted up off the bench. This moves up the stomach area over the chest and helps the lower chest muscles move the weight. This may hurt the low part of the back.
Because the weight is directly above the body, a "spotter" or helper is used by many people in this exercise. The helper will stand behind the head of the person doing the exercise. If after doing some of the exercise the person doing the exercise cannot move the weight, the "spotter" will help the person move the weight back up to the starting position by taking hold of the bar and lifting together with the person.
Images for kids
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A man performs a barbell bench press while another spots him.
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A female athlete performing a bench press at the IPA world championship 2007, in the "Bench Only" category
See also
In Spanish: Press de banca para niños
