Ho hatella benche e bataletseng. Joalokaha ho boletsoe, karolo e kholo ea pectoralis e entsoe ka pectoralis e ka holimo le e ka tlase. Ha ho benche e bataletseng, lihlooho ka bobeli li hatelloa ka ho lekana, e leng se etsang hore boikoetliso bona bo be betere bakeng sa nts'etsopele ea pec ka kakaretso. Ho hatella benche e bataletseng ke motsamao oa tlhaho haholo, ha o bapisoa le mesebetsi ea hau ea letsatsi le letsatsi.
Bench press, kapa chest press, ke boikoetliso ba ho ikoetlisa boima ba 'mele o ka holimo moo moithuti a hatellang boima hodimo ha a ntse a robetse bencheng ya ho ikoetlisa boima. Boikoetliso bona bo sebedisa pectoralis major, anterior deltoids, le triceps, hara mesifa e meng e tsitsisang. Hangata barbell e sebediswa ho tshwara boima, empa para ya di-dumbbell le yona e ka sebediswa.
The barbell bench press ke e 'ngoe ea lifti tse tharo papaling ea powerlifting hammoho le deadlift le squat, 'me ke eona feela lifti papaling ea Paralympic powerlifting. E boetse e sebelisoa haholo koetlisong ea boima ba 'mele, ho haha 'mele le mefuta e meng ea koetliso ho nts'etsapele mesifa ea sefuba. Matla a bench press a bohlokoa lipapaling tsa ntoa kaha a amana hantle le matla a ho otla. Bench press e ka boela ea thusa baatlelete ba ho ikopanya ho eketsa ts'ebetso ea bona hobane e ka eketsa boima bo sebetsang le hypertrophy ea 'mele o ka holimo.