barbell bent press Archives

Durbin-Durco, Inc. – Bent Press Tutorial [ca. 1950s–1960s?]

Great concise bent press tutorial from a 1950s? 1960s? booklet—you can use the tips for the kettlebell, dumbbell, or barbell bent press. We have added our comments in italics.

Thomas Inch, Heavy Weight Lifting: The Bent Press Tutorial [1947]

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Having raised 304 1/2 Ibs. with my right hand in this style I may perhaps claim the right to speak as an authority. The movement needs constant practice with a light weight at first, always adding a little as time goes on. There are three starting points:

W. A. Pullum, The Bent Press [1930]

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The very first thing that the beginner should accept as a fact in connection with the “Bent Press” is that everyone can do it, if only the job is tackled in the right way. I mention this because I know that quite a number of people-otherwise good lifters among them-believe that it is a feat which can only be successfully accomplished by certain individuals who have been singularly blessed by Nature! The idea, though so common, is quite wrong! There is nothing to stop any man who has the full use of his four limbs learning this lift and eventually becoming good on it. That is, providing that he does not, at the commencement, attempt to rush matters.

The Bent Press: Arthur Saxon’s Style [1938]

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Learn the style that I have described and you will have a graceful, effortless press that will look like one continuous motion rather than a series of unrelated, jerky movements.

York Barbell System of Training: The Bent Press

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Through this lift you can make a better showing than with any other. You can easily learn to press a person weighing as much or more than yourself, and press other heavy objects as well as a barbell.