Bench Press
Bench Press?
Why do muscle-heads spend so much time and effort on the bench press? Why is that the main indicator of strength for some people? Personally, I do about 40 different strength training exercises for my entire body. I do dumbell press for my chest among many other chest exercises – I don’t even do bench press. I also run 10km, swim, cycle, play basketball and golf regularily. I guarantee I am in better shape and am a better athlete than 90% of these gym dudes.
But if you ask some of these fat guys with big arms (hardly physically fit athletes) how their training is going they will give you bench press numbers. Why? Is the strength of you upper and mid-chest the number one goal in your physical fitness and athletic career?
I share your thoughts regarding what a true athelete is made of. I think physical fitness is an ideal balance of cardiovascular and muscular strength (Not to forget mental conditioning.).
Many gym rats will quote their maximum bench presses for the reason that this figure represents absolute strength. Since the bench press is the definition of anaerobic exertion for most people, the person quoting their bench press figure is really saying I am *this* strong. As you likely know a bench press can consist of multiple reps or a single all-out rep. Fairly, the benchpress is an exhausting exercise but it measures only the upperbody strength of the individual. It does not reliably indicate what the person’s overall physical prowess is.
If I had to indentify the ideal athlete , I would pick a decathete champion, or an Iron Man winner. Then there’s that Armstrong guy….
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