In people who regularly lift weights, faster movement speed during the bench press is linked to higher power output and more repetitions completed, suggesting that how fast you move the bar...

When performing bench presses with 3-minute breaks between sets, people complete more total work than with 1-minute breaks, and this total work increases with more repetitions and faster movement speed, making it a reliable measure of training volume when speed is kept consistent.

When guys who lift weights slow down their bench press reps by about 25% from their fastest speed, it helps them get stronger faster than other training methods.

In male wrestlers who train with weights, the total amount of work performed during bench presses correlates with how much power they generate and how many reps they complete, suggesting that total work can be used as a consistent measure of training load.

For trained wrestlers doing bench presses, taking 3 minutes of rest between sets leads to greater mechanical output—such as more repetitions, higher power, and increased total work—in the later sets compared to taking only 1 minute of rest.

When trained lifters slow down their bench press reps by half, it helps them build bigger chest muscles and do more reps.