New Bench Press Record!

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Originally Posted by SC_boy

the bench press isn't a very good measure of how strong someone is because everyone has different arm lengths. Longer armed people are at a mechanical disadvantage because they have to do more work for one rep.

Work=Force*Displacement.

I think a better measure of strength would be to measure the upward stroke of each rep (assuming the motion is very slow-->Force constant) and the work would be the distance times the weights moved.

At 6'4", my self esteem was just lifted. Thanks.

[BigSpenda864]

Originally Posted by CWall2001

I don't know man, 500 lbs is a ridiculous weight to bench press. I bet there aren't 500 people in the US that could get 500, especially not with good form. I have been training for years and I can only push 375 (I weigh 265) and I have only seen one or two guys lift more than that at my gym ever (one guy throws up 405 like it's nothing).

I bet that most NFL OL can't even get 500 lbs. Brian Shaw (reigning World's Strongest Man) only benches 525. If he is benching 475 "no problem", then I would think he is in elite company.

I may be wrong, but just how I see it.

475 is a lot of weight for sure. I am just referring to the fact that it's a record. I work out extremely hard and use a trainer for at least 3 out of the five work outs per week (we do a combo of work outs from crossfit and traditional weight lifting to hot yoga). Much like today's athletes, we concentrate on functional strength more than worrying about how much we bench. My trainer can bench 445 and he weighs around 185 so I figured the RECORD at USC would be a little higher than 475.

It is important to remember what I mentioned in my previous post. In the old days, the bench press was important and the players worked on it a lot. Today's players work on functional strength. Meaning they don't work all that hard on the one rep max. The coaches are more concerned with other exercises. It's just like the NFL though, they don't care how much a guy can bench, they are how many times he can do 225.

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Originally Posted by Gamecock_3968

Remember Byron did 475 with ease. Wanted to go for 500-515 but wasn't allowed to. It's up to the strength coaches when you get up to that kind of weight. Who knows what his bench max would be if it was up to him. It's all about safety.

Exactly. They don't really want him doing much more. I'm sure he wants to do more because of the record and I don't blame him one bit. They should let him set the record as high as he can. As long as there are spotters, he will be ok.

[SC Sandlapper]

That is awesome news and congrats to Byron. I look forward to seeing him break another record, the "quarterback press," during which he causes QB's faces to impact the turf of Williams-Brice Stadium with extreme force. Works on RB's as well.

[Goofyboy]

Exactly. They don't really want him doing much more. I'm sure he wants to do more because of the record and I don't blame him one bit. They should let him set the record as high as he can. As long as there are spotters, he will be ok.

With his potential as a football player, I think being safe and healthy is paramount. Playing with tendonitis or a torn pectoral is a painful, limiting proposition. First things first - football. He's got the strength, no doubt. Being on an all SEC team as a DT likely means a lot more to his future than a lifting record.

[AstroCock]

BEAST MODE! JERIDEAU #70

[SwimCock]

Wow, it looks like Byron has redefined his body. You should post some pictures from "before" next to how he looks now. That will also give us a glimpse of how effective our S&C is going right now, especially with the new top coach. Again, I am expecting and hoping for "beast mode" for him this year!!

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Originally Posted by Gamecock_3968

BEAST MODE! JERIDEAU #70

Bet Connor Shaw is jealous of those tats!

[Take-a-Knee]

Awsome , now Big " B " needs to perfect that 500lb mean streak

GO GAMECOCKS !!!

[yazoo]

Originally Posted by uscdoit

My best bench press was about 10 years old at 365.

I lifted a big log yesterday. I'm over fifty. Top that, dude!

[Beebop]

Anyone got a full shot of the pic on the left. Hard to imagine that this is Byron. Waist seems way too small to be him. If it is he should just move to LB.

[Superadiabatic]

Originally Posted by SC_boy

the bench press isn't a very good measure of how strong someone is because everyone has different arm lengths. Longer armed people are at a mechanical disadvantage because they have to do more work for one rep.

Work=Force*Displacement.

I think a better measure of strength would be to measure the upward stroke of each rep (assuming the motion is very slow-->Force constant) and the work would be the distance times the weights moved.

Byron Jerideau has Beast Mode ... me and this dude have Nerd Mode.

You have the physical law correct but I don't think you have the correct analogy to the strength versus the bench press measuring it. Work would be more analogous to the number of calories burned during each rep, rather than strength. To compare to strength, I think you want to measure instantaneous power ... dWork/dt. He (or she) who can provide the greatest amount of instantaneous power is the strongest.

For those that didn't spend any time in Swearingen ... I'm talking about work being done over a small time interval. In Calculus, it's an extremely tiny amount of time. For our purposes, it's the amount of work done during a single rep during your lift routine.

[Goofyboy]

Congrats to Byron.