There are factors that make barbell bench pressing less easy to gauge across different bodies ... Those 12-plus sets may ...

The bench press is not exclusive to barbells, on the contrary. Dumbbells are equally as good to work your chest and your triceps. In case you haven't got a weight bench, you can do floor presses ...

like a barbell. They also accommodate a wider range of movement. "You can more easily adjust the way that you perform a dumbbell bench press than you can a barbell bench press," says Angelino.

Now, the best chest workouts (and the best chest exercises in general) don’t just hone in on your pectoral (pec) muscles ...

And if you’re already performing chest press with dumbbells, you’re more than ready to get under the bar. There are lot of ways to bench. In powerlifting, they use arched backs and flat feet.