352lbs Isometric Bench Press @160lbs

This was a quick video I filmed with some friends demonstrating the amazing strength you can achieve through isometrics.

In this video I'm dong an isometric bench in strong range of 353lbs. A lift of over TWICE my bodyweight. Not bad for a guy who doesn't lift weights

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[krodoxk]

Lower the weight and hold the bar at bottom chest, it's MUCH more effective!

[davidreefer]

@Spacecowboyy not necessary when he's on a power rack with safety pins in.

[Spacecowboyy]

dude hook your thumbs in man. ive seen some terrifying accidents happen from the way you hold the bar. oh and you forgot to add the weight of the bar.

[lazur1]

The virtue of top position isos & lockouts: Weights full-rnage wont allow: You can handle the weight, which means the much lighter full-range weight isn't challenging enough at the top. The problem is that top position misleads some trainees into thinking they're stronger than they are: A 352 lb top position BP translates to aprx 170 lb full-range rep. It's just as valid,& safer, to do bottom position static holds or very short-range reps.

[mangedlamardeesti]

good for the joints

[hattube]

well done mate. what the most you have done in that type of partial rep (or even a smaller distance rep -like 3 or 4 centimeters)? Im asking because if you shorten the distance (into the strongest range of motion right before lockout) you could probably add another 30-50 pounds perhaps (to whatever your max is at that distance.)

[Robert317able]

This was more as a lockout,not a full Bench Press, yet the Isometric type workouts done everyday can build lots of strenght,not like weighlifting,but good enough to stay in healthy condition.check out the BoB Hoffman web-site on isometric training.

[mugenhemi]

Can you lift this weight non-isometrically? In my opinion there is a huge difference? If you haven't tried, you should try to see the difference?

[slizzardman]

Smith machine is really, really easy for stuff like this. When I was on my ship I used to do 7 plates on each side. That's 675 assuming the bar was 45 lbs. It's not as hard as you think. You're only moving a little bit, a few inches really. The hardest part is lifting off. The hold itself, or bounces as I used to do, isn't a big deal. I found that I was going up 25 lbs per training session easily, and I started at 375 lbs. Doesn't take long to lift big with these, but you need other work too.

[taghl]

Ive been piddling around with some isometrics in my own workouts. Something that Ive done is to do a warm-up set of full reps, and one (Dorian Yates-style) heavy set of 6-8 reps or till failure, and then an isometric set in which I hold the weight for 10-15 seconds at THREE DIFFERENT sections of the lift: 25% up, 50% up, and 75% up.

Ive been making some gains too. Sometimes I do two warm up sets instead of one (safety). Its good to see thinking people experiment with "outside" approaches