Levels of certain hormones, such as those produced by the thyroid gland, can be factors in depression. In addition, some symptoms of depression are associated with thyroid conditions. The same is true about conditions related to the menstrual cycle, such as premenstrual syndrome (PMS), perimenopause, and menopause.
The bench press is a compound exercise that is performed with a barbell or dumbells and weight bench. During this exercise, you lift the wieght to and from the chest from a face-up position. Being that this is a compound exercise, it works multiple muscle groups at once.
Those things are all true and all nice to know, but they donât explain why the lats are so important in a bench press. The lats literally contribute by helping you driving the bar off the chest, in this instance (the first part of the bench press) they are a pushing muscle, not a pulling muscle.