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Meh, that's not crazy, but I don't know why MMA fighters would be doing a lot of bench pressing.
God damn 350 bro?
At least he says so:
strong fella.
Last time I tried to bench heavy, I hit 320 for two reps, clean benches all the way down to the chest and back to arms fully extended. I'm pretty sure I could hit 350 one time. The sad thing is, I'm pretty sure Sage Northcutt can bench more than me.
No way in hell he could. Shebro's talk about lifting big numbers, but actually always multiple 2x what they can do. tree fiddy is allot especially if natty.
It's natty, but it's not that much man. I was lifting with a shelf stocker at a local grocery store when I hit 320 x2, he did too he's like 50 but to fair a fairly jacked 6'1 215. So I lifted what a half retarded, 50 year old shelf stocker also did. There's also a little Cuban guy about Lineker's size maybe a bit more muscled, 5'2-5'3 tops he benches 300lb for 2-3 reps, but he only goes down about half way and it's quick jerky benches. Remember, Dana fucking white benched 300+lbs on multiple occasions.
I have long ass orangutan arms, I'm more like a gus or bones build.
I have long ass orangutan arms, I'm more like a gus or bones build.
I believe it.
Dude has explosive power and is compactly built.
This is an exceptional post.to be honest as someone who has lifted for a while that's a reasonable lift, it's 300lbs + that is hard for someone to achieve especially if they weigh less than 200lbs. Most guys pushing 400lbs will be 225lb +
Disregard the exceptions and people with great mechanics, there is no need for an athlete like a fighter to be much stonger than that if he weighs less than 180lbs, he won't truly carry that strength into the fight, their are unique benefits to being heavier and having larger dimensions regardless, that being gym strong can't compensate for. It's still just a lot better to be the bigger dude than the dude that is stronger with weights, all though their is a correlation obviously.
If I was in his position however i'd stick to other lifts now or once I could rep 230x8. Maybe partials/board press, overhead presses, plyometrics etc. Lineker won't become a better a fighter if only he could just bench 300, unless he takes steroids to achieve it, in which case it's just the steroids talking.
For a natural, Milk the beginner gains, 3-6 months of hard work, eating plenty, and then forget about getting stronger, dimishing returns, the pay off isn't there in athletic performance and the risk of injury is always there. You will need to gain too much weight proportional to your frame and organ size, and relative to what you are adding to the bar, to be becoming more athletic, far from it....... A casual recreational lifter or an athlete that cares about his shoulders might avoid bench pressing altogether, and be all the better for it.