strong for 140 pounds

[spartacus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIrSfbGMlzc&NR=1&feature=endscreen

 

[Darkoz]

That's pretty amazing
And I'm glad there wasn't a ridiculous arch for the benchpress

 

[Goosey]

his hairdresser gets on the credits

 

[Darkoz]

I'm changing hairdressers

 

[sandman]

Hahaha! What did I just watch? I'll pay the deadlift but the rest just made me laugh.

 

[Bench Polkov]

Apparently he has got a coach and gone back to the drawing board on those lifts which is good because none would have passed a comp.

 

[spartacus]

He has done 10 times bodyweight raw in official comps; i would think the above clip demonsrates incredible strength potential in any case.

Here is some of his recent training for raw unity meet.

http://usplabsdirect.com/forum/topic/12485-developing-the-prototype-training-with-joe-morrow/

 

[Bench Polkov]

That's pretty amazing
And I'm glad there wasn't a ridiculous arch for the benchpress

I'm fucking sick of this ignorant call.

Arched benching does not necessarily denote compensation for a weaker bench. It often plays towards a lifter's strengths more than anything.

 

[Bazza20]

I'm fucking sick of this ignorant call.

Arched benching does not necessarily denote compensation for a weaker bench. It often plays towards a lifter's strengths more than anything.

Agree but I still hate massive arches and tiny ROM on the bench.

 

[strong enough?]

he's no Fedosienko

 

[spartacus]

no, but still pretty impressive.

 

[sandman]

But weightlifting is all about technique, you don't actually need to be strong.

 

[Darkoz]

I'm fucking sick of this ignorant call.

Arched benching does not necessarily denote compensation for a weaker bench. It often plays towards a lifter's strengths more than anything.

Why's it an ignorant call?
A ridiculous arch serves to reduce ROM, surely you're not denying that?
A ROM of 14" is far more impressive than a ROM of 6" with the same weight

And where did I say that it compensates for a weak bench FFS.

 

[strong enough?]

In fairness, his raw lifts look pretty legit to me (albeit suspect deadlift lockout). Much more impressive than the other vid.

Joe Morrow, 10x bodyweight, RAW!

 

[sandman]

I'm going to work on getting a massive gut and touch low. Seems easier than learning to arch.

 

[Darkoz]

I'm going to work on getting a massive gut and touch low. Seems easier than learning to arch.

Well there's that trick too

 

[sandman]

Well there's that trick too

Trick! No legerdemain whatsoever, just plain hard work at the all you can eat buffet.

 

[Bazza20]

I'm going to work on getting a massive gut and touch low. Seems easier than learning to arch.

Get breast implants, then no need to touch low.

 

[0ni]

HURRRRRRRRRR ARCHING IS CHEATING DURRRRRRR
pls

 

[sandman]

Get breast implants, then no need to touch low.

Have you thought about it much?