Bench or The Bench can refer to:

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funny glowing light ball bench by Manfred Kielnhofer

• Bench (furniture), a piece of furniture, which typically offers seating for several people.
• In Yiddish, to bench means to bless, from Latin benedīcere. In Jewish-English it refers to any of a number of blessings given or recited.
• Bench language (Bench-non), a Northern Omotic language spoken in Kaffa (southeastern Ethiopia)
• Workbench or lab bench, a place of work consisting of a table and perhaps places to keep an arrangement of tools and materials.
• Bench (clothing brand), a British clothing brand.

Law and politics[link]

• Bench (metonymy), certain people in a given context, associated with a particular seating area, especially in politics and law
• Bench (law), the location where a judge sits while in court, often a raised desk in a courtroom; also refers to the judiciary as a whole (to differentiate from the bar (law) – the lawyers or barristers); and may also mean a group of judges hearing a case and judging on a case.

Sports[link]

• The "bench" refers to the players on the roster who do not start regularly or are not currently playing in any given game ("on the bench")
  • In soccer, the technical area contains the dugout (or "bench")
• Bench (weight training), a piece of weight training equipment, often very similar to the above "wide backless chair"
• Bench press, one of three power-lifting exercises
• The Bench (University of California), the student rooting section for the University of California men's basketball team

Geology[link]

• Bench (geology), a bench is a long, relatively narrow strip of relatively level or gently inclined land of differing origins that is bounded by distinctly steeper slopes above and below it. Also, in mining, it refers to steps cut into the side of open-pit mines.

Arts[link]

• The Bench (film), a short film from The Northern Film School in the United Kingdom
• The Bench (TV series), a BBC legal drama series set in a Welsh magistrate's court
• The Bench (Hogarth), a 1758 oil-on-canvas painting by the English artist William Hogarth

People[link]

• Bench (woreda), a people in Ethiopia
• Jo Bench, an English death metal bass player
• Johnny Bench, a former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds from 1967 to 1983

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Andy Haman (born 1966) is an American professional bodybuilder who competes in the superheavyweight class.

Born in Iowa City, Iowa, Haman was a member of the University of Iowa wrestling team. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in health. He competed in bodybuilding tournaments, winning the 1987 Midwest Natural Championships, but gave up the sport to focus on teaching. He relocated to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where he taught physical education and health at Doherty High School. In 2004, Haman retired from teaching to concentrate on establishing a career in bodybuilding.^[1]

In 2006, Haman won the NPC Colorado State Championship in the superheavyweight class. Later that year, he placed 16th in both the NPC USA Bodybuilding Championships and the NPC National Bodybuilding Championships. In 2007, Haman placed second in the Shawn Ray Colorado NPC Classic, then won the superheavyweight class and the overall title at the NPC Masters Bodybuilding National Championships, where he earned his bodybuilding pro card.^[2]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Official web site
• USAMuscle.com competitor profile
• MDTV interview - Muscular Development Magazine Online

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