Result of hard exercise, with bench presses? (5)
I believe the answer is:
sweat
'result of hard exercise' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?
'with bench presses?' is the wordplay.
'with' becomes 'w' (abbreviation).
'bench' becomes 'seat' (I've seen this in another clue).
'presses?' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters are pressed between others).
'w' inserted inside 'seat' is 'SWEAT'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sweat that I've seen before include "Perspire" , "Soldier" , "It's hard work" , "Toil" , "Trouble in Australia" .)