Mark Rippetoe: Bench Press Levers

[mjb9982]

maybe he should do a video on how to not have a gut

[JUNKGEE83]

anatomy and physics, nigguh whaaat

[spacemansabs]

shut that kid up, jeez.

[nokia3210fuck]

is there a difference between in the technique between benchpressing for weightliftung and for bodybuilding?

[asdfzxcv6901]

@nokia3210fuck Yes there is a big difference... You should check out Westside Barbell.com for specifics on Power Bech Pressing... Totally different in terms or train styles, and technique...

[razmatazz820]

LOL @ 2:22

[KaseyAkira]

I'm not entirely sure I agree with this.

The insertions and origins do not change, no matter how much muscle mass you add. What he's saying MIGHT happen - that bigger muscles "come in at a different angle), but you'd need a tremendously big amount of muscle, and the difference would be to such a minuscule level that its hardly noticeable. Champion powerlifters are much smaller than professional bodybuilders. Where'd the leverage go?

[UrizenTheNegator]

@KaseyAkira True. You can't change the insertion of the muscle, now matter how big it is, it'll alyways insert in the same place.

[crapinho]

@KaseyAkira

That is true, but when you have a muscle that ishas grown and has bone in one side of it, it will tend to protude to the other side. In the case of the quadriceps and femur, that would increase the distance between the center of the quads and the femur, and by simple trigonometry increase the angle of attack of the quads.

[benchfordeath]

@KaseyAkira soo.. BBers are bigger than Andy Bolton, Scot Mendelson, Vlad Alhazov....lol wut?

[ShutUpAndSquat007]

@KaseyAkira The bigger the muscle, the better the angle at which the muscle is to apply a force to the load. The out-most muscle fibres of the muscle are at a better angle to attack the load because there further away from the centre of the muscle that the load is being applied to. I think i get it but its really difficult to explain.