Re: Bench press help needed PLEASE!!!

"HIT Fanatic" <coblgp@xxxxxxxxxx> schreef:

You're 6'3"... to expect you to bench your body weight with your longer
arms, while some 5'7 cocky *** can easily move his bodyweight with a
much shorter range of motion is not a good way to measure fitness.

A 5 feet 7 endo/mesomorph will ALWAYS outlift a 6 feet 3 ectomrph.
And you gave one of the reasons why.

The world record holders in the bench press are not pictures of health
either--look at this bench press record setting attempt. The guy is
wearing a tight denim shirt. It looks like he's moving the barbell for
about 12 inches at best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlDWdfTAx8o

Stil... THAT was a SLOOOOOOW negative. Awesome.
I didnt see him completely lock out, either. But that was over 1000
pounds...

Sorry for the rant, but I think the "you need to bench press your
bodyweight or you suck" mentality is complete bull***. Tell that to the
people who expect you to bench your bodyweight, explain the laws of
physics to them so they understand that people with long arms who can't
bench their own weight don't suck.

IMO, no matter how you are build, or how long your levers are, BPing your
own bodyweight is very realistic.

Yes, I used to be able to bench my bodyweight, I quit the BP because it's
a useless vanity exercise for idiots with short stumpy arms. It's unsafe
anyway, there are much better substitutes (like weighted dips for
example). Every single one of these BP fanboys could not even come close
to what I can do in the deadlift, the king of all exercises.

I never flat bench. I just dont like it.
I like inclines overheads and last but least, tricep pulldowns. (the king of
all exercises...)

But stating that the BP is a useless exercise is a huge stretch of the
imagenation.

--
Pete


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