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AND ENSURE GOOD CLEARANCE BEHIND YOU 3QUATTING DOWN ONLY TO JAM
YOUR BACKSIDE INTO A BENCH AND HURTLE FORWARDS WHILE SUPPORTING

A BARBELL IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER BUT ) HAVE SEEN IT HAPPEN $/
./4 /6%2,/!$ 7E WERE ONCE HAILED BY SCREAMS FROM THE
FREE WEIGHTS ROOM TO lND A YOUNG GUY TRAPPED UNDER KILOS

OF IRONWARE PINNING HIM TO THE BENCH (E HAD BEEN UNDER THE
MISTAKEN IMPRESSION HE COULD BENCH PRESS THIS AMOUNT +NOW YOUR
LIMITS NEVER FEEL TOO PROUD TO STRIP DOWN THE PREVIOUS USER S BAR

#HANCES ARE HE OR SHE IS A MORE ADVANCED TRAINER OR HAS DIFFERENT
SPECIlCS

4HE %XERCISES

"ARBELL #LEAN AND 0RESS FOR LEGS BACK AND SHOULDERS

3TAND BEHIND BARBELL USE AN /LYMPIC BAR IF POSSIBLE WITH FEET
SHOULDER WIDTH APART 4HE VERY TIPS OF THE TOES SHOULD BE VISIBLE FROM
ABOVE AND SHINS SHOULD BE CLOSE TO THE BAR "END KNEES TO START LIFT

HANDS SLIGHTLY WIDER THAN SHOULDERS AS YOU GRIP THE BAR BUT KEEP

"ARBELL CLEAN AND PRESS