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While a bench isn’t essential, it can certainly make things more comfortable for lifting weights, our tester also found when using the Mirafit folding weight bench (£99.99, Amazon.co.uk).

Each exercise in the heavy weights group involved three sets of six to 12 repetitions, at between 70 per cent and 85 per cent of the maximum weight the person could lift, for each repetition.

When you strength train, you use free weights to work harder against gravity to lift dumbbells or plates. As you maneuver the weight to certain positions, you work different muscles in your body.