Media pavlovich doing bench press

[spinup]

Yeah, not particularly. The mechanics of a punch are a lot more important than pressing strength, and speed far trumps that. How quickly he can press is much more important than how much he can press in context to punching. Not that they're totally independent variables, but, there's a reason many boxers don't even touch weights -- Tyson is pretty well known for only doing bodyweight stuff.

Yes, and on top of that, punches are not a pushing movement, but mostly a body rotation (push on one side, pull on the other).
For punching power, working on specific full body explosive movements is much better, like throwing medicine balls or stuff like that.
Weight lifting is more for general conditioning.

Ngannou doesn't lift weight either.

 

[AfroBanana]

there are only 4 plates on each side.

2 big (45), 1 medium that may be 25 or 35 (can't see it) and one skinny on the outside thar looks like a 10. It's 295-315 depending on those mediums in the middle.


I think you're seeing the lip on the outer plate and thinking it's a 5 when it's just part of the 10lb.

Too thin to be 35lb. I have rogue bumpers in my home gym. It wouldn’t make sense to use 35+10 when he could just 3 45lb plate press. I also have the 55lb comp and 65lb gorilla bumpers (Which have compressed recycled tire rubber they’re huge).

Bench is fine and doesn’t as mean much for a combat sport athlete.

 

[NoSmilez]

It's around 295.5.

 

[Deleted member 587672]

What a weakling.

No wonder he can't punch.

 

[drew209]

295. Light warm up for me

 

[checktheknuckles]

Mazi Smith had the second most bench reps this year at the combine and was a first round pick. His listed height/weight from college is 6’3 337. The extra weight does help. HW Jones with a bit of a stomach is easily out lifting LHW Jones whos shredded. I don’t think Pavolich has much of a cut but I could be wrong.

The extra fat don't help. Muscle helps but you think these dudes at 337 lbs aren't flabby? How does having 30 lbs of fat make you lift more? If Pav puts on another 30 lbs of fat, is he gonna be able to lift another 100 lbs? That isn't how shit works. You mistaking muscle for fat. Adding more muscle will make you stronger. Adding more fat will not.

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

I don't think that's 340, but it's hard to say I'm not familiar with the bumper plates he's using and can't read them.

IF the two biggest on each side are 45lbs, those and the bar would be 225lbs. The four smaller plates aren't taking that to 340, so I'm thinking 295 as well.

Respectable, more than 95% of the species, but honestly nothing to phone home about for a HW that lifts.

still it's pretty good for someone who has like a 84in wingspan

 

[Pancake Sprawl]

The extra fat don't help. Muscle helps but you think these dudes at 337 lbs aren't flabby? How does having 30 lbs of fat make you lift more? If Pav puts on another 30 lbs of fat, is he gonna be able to lift another 100 lbs? That isn't how shit works. You mistaking muscle for fat. Adding more muscle will make you stronger. Adding more fat will not.

the fat does help. it decreases range of motion, lowers your center of gravity and creates more stability making you more efficient. there's a reason why most open weight strongmen and powerlifters have a lot of fat.

 

[CroCopsLHK]

8x 45lbs? I could br wrong? And bar weighs 45 lbs

If I'm right that's 405 lbs. Pretty good
Honestly he's the hot fuss at HW. Jones is not committed, Francis is gone, Cyril is... well Cyril. Blaydes is chinny and Aspinal looked awful against Blaydes. Pav is the next HW champion and the scariest man in the division

Idc Reem TKOed him several years ago. Shot happens and he's way beyond that

 

[CroCopsLHK]

The only person I feel that could give Pavplich trouble is Jailton Alameida. For his sheer will and grappling. But Pav had really good TDD and would definitely try to touch that chin

 

[theleerygoose]

Lol hes repping 295 with no context to whether it’s a warmup set and Sherdog is panning him because it’s not impressive. I get much of it is satire. Never change Sherdog.

 

[Frode Falch]

Same weight as i use when doing neck curls.

Am i doing the joke right?

 

[nhbfan8080]

Its may be a warmup weight for sherdog posters but for a HW its quite good since it looks like he's got a flat back, not bracing properly and lowering the bar higher instead of lower to the sternum.

 

[spinup]

The extra fat don't help. Muscle helps but you think these dudes at 337 lbs aren't flabby? How does having 30 lbs of fat make you lift more? If Pav puts on another 30 lbs of fat, is he gonna be able to lift another 100 lbs? That isn't how shit works. You mistaking muscle for fat. Adding more muscle will make you stronger. Adding more fat will not.

It's not that the fat help, it's that the diet restrictions needed to be very lean are not optimal for pure strength.
There is a reason strongmen aren't shredded.

Same weight as i use when doing neck curls.

Am i doing the joke right?

You must be a BJ black belt with a neck that strong.

 

[checktheknuckles]

It's not that the fat help, it's that the diet restrictions needed to be very lean are not optimal for pure strength.
There is a reason strongmen aren't shredded.


You must be a BJ black belt with a neck that strong.

They ain't fat like them linemen either. Is Pav shredded doing them reps? So if Pav just ate a bunch of macdonalds and got fat as fuck, gained 40 lbs and weighs 330 lbs, with no extra muscle gain during the fat gain, you saying now that Pav is even fatter, he suppose to lift more weights? Let me guess you mask up and trust the science bro?

 

[checktheknuckles]

the fat does help. it decreases range of motion, lowers your center of gravity and creates more stability making you more efficient. there's a reason why most open weight strongmen and powerlifters have a lot of fat.

Yeah I'm sure the fat is what is making these guys get all those gains, just like that acai juice.

Now imagine how much better the goat would have been if he took you kiddos advice and got fat as fuck.

 

[kwijyboy]

Average Sherdogger

 

[HaulParris]

 

[phillystyleswag]

Yeah I'm sure the fat is what is making these guys get all those gains, just like that acai juice.

Now imagine how much better the goat would have been if he took you kiddos advice and got fat as fuck.

Guys like Pudzianowski are pretty rare and yet he still weighed 320 pounds during his strongman career. A heavier/bigger dude that trains similarly to a smaller guy is going to lift more than the smaller guy. It’s not that complicated.

 

[NoSmilez]

The extra fat don't help. Muscle helps but you think these dudes at 337 lbs aren't flabby? How does having 30 lbs of fat make you lift more? If Pav puts on another 30 lbs of fat, is he gonna be able to lift another 100 lbs? That isn't how shit works. You mistaking muscle for fat. Adding more muscle will make you stronger. Adding more fat will not.

That isn't true. The biggest benchers in the world have very high bodyfat. I am not saying they don't have muscle either. A trunk also shortens the range of motion for the bench. You need to be heavy to support that weight. Go look at the biggest benchers in the world. They are fat dudes. Jimmy Kolb is like 5'7 and more than 300 lbs. Maddox is like 400-450 lbs. Rae-Ann is an obese lady.

Being lean isn't optimal for heavy lifting unless you are within a weight class. There are some outliers but they are definitely not the norm.