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- noun Alternative spelling of
bench press .
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Examples
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So guys, women are not wanting to hear about how you saved a cat from a tree before the fire department got there or how you can benchpress 300 pounds.
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I also worked hard in the gym and, among other useless stats only important to me, I can now benchpress 200 lbs.
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When, in my two minute break between sets, I briefly move away from the assisted chin-up machine to spot the person on the benchpress right next to it, it is bad manners to take the machine with my towel on it without asking.
Archive 2006-04-01 StyleyGeek 2006
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Big imaginary kisses to the guy who rescued me when I found myself crushed under the benchpress barbell today.
Archive 2006-04-01 StyleyGeek 2006
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The most powerful and abusive man on the planet is GWB, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with how much he can benchpress.
Oregon Woman Convicted of Acting Insufficiently Traumatized 2005
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The most powerful and abusive man on the planet is GWB, and it has nothing whatsoever to do with how much he can benchpress.
Oregon Woman Convicted of Acting Insufficiently Traumatized 2005
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Correlations for 253 pro football draftees are up over at Mahalanobis' blog, and we find that smartness (as measured by the mandatory 12-minute Wonderlic IQ test) correlates with strength (benchpress), slowness (40 yard dash time), and lack of leaping ability (vertical leap in inches).
NFL Draft Correlations: Steve Sailer 2005
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Suckoya is the best VC, albeit we benchpress, sorry Benchmark.
May 1 Meet-up is On Like a Chicken Bone John Biggs 2005
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Correlations for 253 pro football draftees are up over at Mahalanobis' blog, and we find that smartness (as measured by the mandatory 12-minute Wonderlic IQ test) correlates with strength (benchpress), slowness (40 yard dash time), and lack of leaping ability (vertical leap in inches).
Archive 2005-04-24 Steve Sailer 2005
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I can pretty much max out every machine in our gym but haven't made much progress at all in either curling or the benchpress.
From Incite comes Insight...: 2006 New Years Resolution James McGovern 2005
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