While many remember Johnny Bench as the Cincinnati Reds’ best catcher ever, he has made other contributions to the world of sports, both on and off the field. While many do not know that Bench played basketball and baseball in high school, his father suggested baseball would be a better sport for him, especially the ...
The bench press is by far the most popular exercise for anyone who lifts weights. Why? Well, it’s mostly to boost their own ego. Having a big chest looks good and gives you a lot of confidence. It’s also nice having people asking you all the time how much you can bench and being able ...
I’ve done a few other articles on strength training and weightlifting, having done quite a bit of reading and quite a bit of applied practice. So I’ll start to write a few auxiliary workouts that have worked well for my strength training regimen while in high school. This one is of course focused on workouts ...
“To Johnny Bench-A Hall of Famer for sure”! Ted Williams wrote that on a baseball for Johnny Bench during spring training in 1968, and the prediction came to fruition a little over two decades later. Johnny Bench is considered by many to be the greatest catcher of all time. Johnny Bench played his whole seventeen ...
One of the most taken for granted tools in my shop is the bench grinder. Since I mostly work with wood, grinding metal isn’t a top priority. I was fortunate enough to inherit an old Sears bench grinder from my late grandfather and my shop has only one, sitting alone and unused on the workbench, ...
Garden Benches are a great feature for the home garden. A well-constructed garden bench adds a feature to the landscape while allowing those who are enjoying the landscape a place for them to take a seat and soak nature in. Fancy concrete benches retail in garden centers for several hundred dollars, but if the homemade ...
I coached High School Basketball for 30 years. It was one of the most enjoyable things in my life that I have ever done. I won’t get into the successes that I enjoyed. Instead this article is about getting and maintaining your players fitness. There is no doubt in my mind that fitness is the ...
Warning, I brake for roadside cast-offs. I can’t help it. If I see someone has put an old dilapidated piece of furniture in their curbside trash, I just have to bring it home. These little orphans are crying for attention and I plan on giving it to them. Dressers missing drawers or just drawers, provide ...
If you’ve got a beautiful garden at your home what better way to add more beauty to it than a nice garden bench? You’ve probably seen the benches before, usually made of cement. Then there’s the wooden slat-type bench that’s set on a wrought iron frame. These types of benches are expensive to say the ...