Where substitutes are meeting journalists for exercise (5,5)
I believe the answer is:
bench press
'exercise' is the definition.
(bench press is a kind of exercise)
'where substitutes are meeting journalists' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'journalists' could be 'press' (the press can mean the newspaper industry) and 'press' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bench' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for bench press that I've seen before include "Show of strength" , "Weighty exercise" , "lift" .)