Long story short, I was going down a youtube/Wikipedia rabbit hole and came across the band walls of Jericho. Apparently, their vocalist is a powerlifter. I found a video of her competing and everything was ok until Pic related. What the fuck kind of form is this? I've never seen anything like it in my life. How is that even ok to do? Here's the video youtu.be
Is this legit
William Foster
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Chase Perez
people do the chest thing to work their pecs more
no idea about the legs
Nolan Stewart
search for kyss my arch on instagram, get ready to cringe, it's all competition legal.
But then again, hate the game not the player
Matthew Martin
But what's the advantage of doing that? And how doesn't that just fuck your shit all up
Caleb Rivera
Less rom. Same as the hand grip being so wide.
Matthew Young
really don't feel like watching the video, but from your screenshot it looks like she's arching her back to raise her chest up. This cuts down on the ROM and lets you put up bigger numbers in competition
Ethan Carter
The arch setup is based on raising the ribcage to reduce the range of motion that the bar must travel.
The leg positioning is done to facilitate a bigger arch and leg drive. Bear in mind, this is a competition bech setup. It's done with the criteria that the back and butt must remain on the bench and the bar must come to a stop on the chest and wait for a "press" command before lifting it. In some federations, the heels of your feet have to be on the floor.
Aside from that, the lifters have leeway to contort themselves into whatever setup lets them bech the most weight. Some people don't like how exaggerated the arches can get, but its legal in competition so they can get fukt lmao
Elijah Wilson
tell me how is that different from quarter squatting. The whole ultra wide arched bench and super wide sumo that some people do turns the movement into a 2 inch ROM. So if you have the right leverages/proportions you can straight up cheat. I'm not a powerlifter so i'm probably wrong on this but for a naive person it sure feels like cheating
Isaiah Reyes
1) decreased ROM
2) more advantageous position to use the pecs
3) better alignment of the shoulders and chest for a straighter bar path and less power leaking out due to moment arms between the position above the shoulders and position at the chest
Carson Bennett
>tell me how is that different from quarter squatting
Because quarter squatting isn't legal according to powerlifting competition rules. People are just doing the most rational thing for these competitions.
Isaac Adams
Well, that's fine i guess...
Jayden Collins
This is like getting mad that people with short arms can bench a lot. If you have the right leverages, you should try and use them to your advantage.
Adam Lopez
He prolly means people with short legs and longer arms doing a sumo deadlift so the ROM is very short
Evan Cruz
I'm not hating, just sad. I have orangutan arms and yea, it sucks for benching. Some people just aren't built for this. But I guess that's just how sports are.
Liam Ramirez
same principle applies. Powerlifting is all about getting the highest number. It's a competition. You do what you can within the rules of the game to lift the most wait. If, for your body type, this means doing a half-split with your legs all the way out to the plates and doing an 8 inch ROM, then so be it.
the misconception here is that powerlifting is not 100% the same thing as just generalized strength training. I don't compete in PL stuff, so I don't bother with lowbar squat only to parallel or sumo DL or crazy limbo bench press, get it?
Hudson Rodriguez
Don't worry about things that you can't control. Long arms help with deadlift, so have fun with that.
Christian Wilson
So. if you're a person who cares only about strength, what kind of programming should you follow? I'm doing candito's intermediate 6w, but i don't really care about PL, only strength.
John Carter
You do the same strength training but just do normal highbar squats below parallel with a normal stance, normal bench press technique that's not super-exaggerated, conventional deadlift, etc. You also skip the "peaking" parts of powerlifting-specific programs, because unless you're competing there is literally no reason to bother with 1RMs
Aaron Peterson
Do starting strength and focus a lot on learning proper form especially for the heavy compounds. also remember there's not 1 type of squat or 1 type of bench press, do different exercises
Anthony Hernandez
yea, regarding that i never really go below 5RM.
Ryan Ramirez
personally I periodize between sets of 3, 5, and 8.