bench press

noun

a weightlifting exercise in which one lies supine on a bench and with both hands pushes a barbell or fixed weight upward from chest level to arm's length and then lowers it back to chest level: usually repeated in sets.
one complete repetition of this exercise.
this exercise as an event in weightlifting competition.

bench-press

[ bench-pres ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

to perform a bench press with (a weight):
He is small but can bench-press more than 400 pounds.

bench press

a weight-training exercise in which a person lies on a bench and pushes a barbell upwards with both hands from chest level until the arms are straight, then lowers it again

First recorded in 1975–80

But I could hold my own on the iron pile, by then being able to bench press close to 250 pounds.

Clark Kent can bench press six sextillion tons, reverse the rotation of the earth, and fly to the office in six seconds.

He looked kind of odd, but he could bench-press four hundred and fifty pounds—three times his weight!

“They could probably tear a tree down with their hands,” says Bartee, recalling how Davis used to bench-press 400 pounds.

BUSH. . . and now I can bench press over three hundred pounds.

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