Generally, no, knee sleeves don't directly help with the bench press exercise itself. Their purpose is to support the knee joint during movements like squats.
While knee sleeves are designed to provide support and compression to the knee joint, potentially increasing power and stability during exercises like squats, they offer no direct benefit to bench pressing. Bench pressing primarily engages the chest, shoulders, and triceps, making knee support irrelevant. The reference provided even suggests that stiff supports like knee wraps used on the elbow during bench can be detrimental. Since knee sleeves offer less stiffness, the risk might be lower, but the benefit to the bench press remains nonexistent.
In summary, knee sleeves are designed for lower body exercises and have no practical application or benefit in improving bench press performance.
