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Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie (2011) by eru on Thursday December 27, 2012 @03:07AM (#4972760)
What do you need the bench for? If you only get one piece of equipment, make it a barbell (with some weights).

(Next you buy a squat rack. Or skipping rope, or pull up bars, or olympic rings. If you feel you need to use your triceps, buy olympic rings and do dips on them.)

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Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie (2011) by rimantas on Thursday December 27, 2012 @06:34AM (#4973032)
For a bench press?
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Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie (2011) by eru on Wednesday January 02, 2013 @10:18AM (#4997066)
Just don't bother with bench pressing, if you don't have a spotter or no bench. You can work on your pressing muscles in different, non-scary ways.
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Re:Everything You Know About Fitness is a Lie (2011) by dredmorbius on Thursday December 27, 2012 @07:53PM (#4975903)
You can press off the floor. It's much better for your shoulders, and far safer if you're training alone.
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