[quote]Umbrata Fortis wrote:
By any means I’m not down playing the fact this man has probably the strongest bench in the world because he has no arck and no leg drive and can bench the same thateric spoto does and 10 less than Scot Mendelson does. But one thing that I dont think is addressed is what haveing no legs does. His body has to feed no nutrients to his legs so most of what he gets goes to his upper body and also his body is over compensatiing for haveing no legs. So he has a better upper body than any man in the world for the pure fact he has no legs. The man is an absolute monster and I don’t think any man in the world will touch what he does for many many years. That is just my take on it though i maybe wrong.[/quote]
I remember Kennelly saying he started training lower body and squatting because his bench was stuck and it’s the only way he could progress on his bench.
For a super heavy, I don’t think there is any benefit at all to weaker legs and back.
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i agree with you duce. any advantage that not having to feed nutrients to his low body would far far be negated by his inability to get an arch and drive and stabilize his legs.
i knew a group of bench press specialist powerlifters who would use an flat back legs up straight out in front of them on a chair placed at the end of the bench as and assistance exercise, they used a lot less weight on this movement than a regular bench.
try it sometime and tell me if you are stronger or weaker with leg drive and arch or without it.
[quote]heavythrower wrote:
[i knew a group of bench press specialist powerlifters who would use an flat back legs up straight out in front of them on a chair placed at the end of the bench as and assistance exercise, they used a lot less weight on this movement than a regular bench.
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I remember reading an interview with Rock Lewis a couple of years ago. He trained exclusively with his feet up in the air, legs crossed. That’s a bit extreme, but it obviously worked well for him.
[quote]Umbrata Fortis wrote:
By any means I’m not down playing the fact this man has probably the strongest bench in the world because he has no arck and no leg drive and can bench the same thateric spoto does and 10 less than Scot Mendelson does. But one thing that I dont think is addressed is what haveing no legs does. His body has to feed no nutrients to his legs so most of what he gets goes to his upper body and also his body is over compensatiing for haveing no legs. So he has a better upper body than any man in the world for the pure fact he has no legs. The man is an absolute monster and I don’t think any man in the world will touch what he does for many many years. That is just my take on it though i maybe wrong.[/quote]
I remember Kennelly saying he started training lower body and squatting because his bench was stuck and it’s the only way he could progress on his bench.
For a super heavy, I don’t think there is any benefit at all to weaker legs and back.
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i agree with you duce. any advantage that not having to feed nutrients to his low body would far far be negated by his inability to get an arch and drive and stabilize his legs.
i knew a group of bench press specialist powerlifters who would use an flat back legs up straight out in front of them on a chair placed at the end of the bench as and assistance exercise, they used a lot less weight on this movement than a regular bench.
try it sometime and tell me if you are stronger or weaker with leg drive and arch or without it.
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So out of curiosity then how much do you guys think he could bench with the proper use of this legs?
god, who knows, maybe less because if he had use of his legs, he probably would be doing Olympic weightlifting, seeing how insanely popular that sport is in Iran.
