Stephen Paea breaks bench press record HD

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Comment by Travis M. Erickson on March 1, 2011 at 9:57pm

This could be one of those things where in practice they look good, technique-wise, but when the actual competition comes, they revert to less-than-perfect technique.  Also, for many of these guys 225 is NOT heavy at all, so their technique slips because it CAN.  If we loaded them up for a true 1RM, they might actually look really good because they would have to.

Comment by Eric Martin on March 1, 2011 at 8:25pm

I have seen some pretty faulty looking collegiate S+C programs so I guess bad technique does surprise me in this type of event. The better lifters potentially came from better programs/coaches...or, come competition time the technique was just thrown out the window for speed with regards to the not so good lifters. Maybe a little of both, maybe.

Comment by ted rendinell on March 1, 2011 at 7:50pm

I was talking more about poor wrist angles (the one guys wrists were in constant flexion/extension.Some guys had feet moving, lack of any arch (let alone a competition arch), and flared elbows. And these were the better guys. Imagine what the weak guys looked like. A few guys were good, but man wouldn't you want to be near perfect for the biggest interview of your life? Agreed on the speed comment. Getting that bounce (let momentum help you) at the bottom is key for high reps......the NFL guys don't care so if everyone can do it, it's a fair competition.

Comment by Eric Martin on March 1, 2011 at 1:59pm

The obvious technique for repping a heavy weight isn't going to be the best, but it will be the fastest. If you are asking these athletes to focus on eccentrics and go slower the rep amount will be diminished. So, faster, chest bouncing reps is what you get. Like most standardized tests there is always going to be certain things wrong with the scoring.

Comment by ted rendinell on March 1, 2011 at 10:22am

Take a look at some of this technique and let me know what you think.

 

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-combine/09000d5d81e8a52d/Best-of-the-...

Comment by Travis M. Erickson on March 1, 2011 at 10:22am

As far as technique goes, we should all be happy they don't perform any weightlifting at the combine -- I shudder to think at some of the hang/power clean technique we might see.

 

As an aside -- does anyone know how much the NFL regulates what sort of clothing/equipment lifters are allowed to wear?  I wonder, for example, if some athletes can/do wear undershirts that provide some assistance in the lift.

Comment by ted rendinell on March 1, 2011 at 10:15am

Agree. But let's remember, your best benchers have short arms. Your best lineman have very long arms. So benches are not inherently "bad". But making decisions on performance based on that lift alone would be shortsighted.

 

I also find it amazing how poor the technique is for many of these guys. They go to combine prep camps you'd think they'd be near perfect. It appears a lot of "guru's" are better salesmen than teachers.

Comment by Travis M. Erickson on March 1, 2011 at 9:47am

VERY impressive -- I'm certainly not disparaging the effort; I just wonder why there is so much speculation about how just ONE test can predict future greatness.

 

Comment by Jason Roe on February 28, 2011 at 11:42pm

I agree that its a poor predictor of NFL success, but it was impressive.

Comment by Floyd Headen on February 28, 2011 at 8:27pm

bunkley!!! lets go Chamberlin high!!!

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