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Or, in a more likely scenario, I can quietly fume at the water fountain while an elderly man sits on the Maxx Bench with a crossword puzzle and “recovers” between sets of 10-pound bicep curls.

The midpoint of the bench, where your elbows are bent about 90-degrees, is no-man’s land, says Robertson. “Your chest has just done it’s big effort, but your triceps aren’t in a great ...

All of the big three lifts are compound exercises, working multiple muscles at once. But while the squat and deadlift hold a lower-body bias, the bench press leans in the opposite direction.