Bench press

[sneakypete]

Why not emphasize Bench, Squats, and Power-Cleans? Is there only room for one lift to call important? I'm not saying that it's good to only push bench presses. That will not develop over-all strength and explosive power. But, it does have its place as the major mass-builder of upper-body lifts.

[sneakypete]

Why not emphasize Bench, Squats, and Power-Cleans? Is there only room for one lift to call important? I'm not saying that it's good to only push bench presses. That will not develop over-all strength and explosive power. But, it does have its place as the major mass-builder of upper-body lifts.

[tlove13]

The Bench Press is much like the 40 yard time in football: It's bascially an easy way to measure and compare athletes across the board. Personally, I think that the power clean and parallel squat are training specific for football, but with teens having more difficulty conquering the technique of these two lifts, the bench press is more of an accurate measurement of strength.Plus, you never hear the conversation at the health spa go like this, "hey dude, how much you clean?"

Does anyone know the NFL combine record of reps at 225 lbs?

[redbaron515]

I was told on Tuesday night that a junior at Hendersonville named Brandon Stevens broke the school record in the powerclean. His lift was, if i remember correctly, 279. Ill get the correct weight and post it as soon as I can.

[amos]

The bench, in my opinion, is a little overrated as far as it's affect on a players performance. But, I do think it gives kids more confidence. More important is the standing bench. We max on the flat bench but just for the weight room board that hangs on the wall. We emphasize the powerclean, squat and bench. But, we only do flat bench once a week and combine the standing bench with it. Think about it, are you ever laying on your back pushing up in football. Practical lifts are more important.

[billygoat2]

I've always thought that having the players do some "jazzercising" would be good for them. It would increase their flexibility and they could listen to some good tunes while they were exercising. We could cool down with some good (low-impact, of course) step aerobics. Man, those are tough!

[sneakypete]

And with that statement, I'd say it's about time someone lock this thread up.

[bigchief]

Redbaron, there is no way that 279 is the record at Hendersonville. I was the judge in about 1989 when a defensive back from Hendersonville named Todd Fuqua cleaned 280 in the McGavock Superlift. Surely, you have had a lineman do better than a d-back. I believe he signed with South Carolina, but didn't stay long.

[eag1423]

I would like to add one to list, a junior at MJ benched 295 & squats 450. His name is Brett Gibson#52 while maintaining a 3.5 GPA in honors classes way to get it done both in the weight room and classroom. GOOD LUCK BEARS next year in your new class 4A.

[JD64]

I play for crockett co. and lift with this guy everday his name is jeremy lewis u might know him he holds the record for his wieght class on bench which is 295 or it was last year this year we have hit the wieght room hard and jeremy is now benching 310 as a junior defensive tackle.

[boneal52]

My senior year I maxed out before the season on bench at 605 with no spot.

[boneal52]

Sorry, I just didn't see any obscene numbers on here and the previous posts made too much sense and were just too normal looking. I didn't want a trend to be broken.