Don't forget to ban the fat bastardsThis gets funnier every time, lets ban people with long legs from the high jump, ban people with too many short twitch fibers from sprinting............etc.
This gets funnier every time, lets ban people with long legs from the high jump, ban people with too many short twitch fibers from sprinting............etc.
dose maryana do the other power lifting lifts or dose she only bench?
Nope. Been going for years. There have also been a few attempts to introduce a minimum ROM rule but they have passed. Its nigh on impossible to ref.
To be clear I have no isuue with one trying, or attempting to reduce the distance the bar needs to travel, I understand the concept of the event.
My concerns are coming from a "duty of care" (and being a father) that placeing the spine in that position, for one rep under extreme load is dangerous as hell.
One can justify that it is a sport and in sport there are inherant dangers, but I just feel I need to make the point.
If one chooses to bench this way one needs to make sure they are strong and flexible, in that the muscles around that vulnerable area are doing their job.
Some can get away with this, some cannot, the ones that can will eventually at some point in time injure themselves serverly.
I only say all this because it is a forum that isn't exclusive to just competing power lifters.
The risk of injury does and doesn't come into it. Most sports have rules to make them reasonably safe but there is always a risk. Its competitive sport. Where do you draw the line? I'm not sure.
My argument is that every other sport changes rules to make the sport better. In the time I have played footy they changed rules to try and reduce flooding, some successful and some not. There have also been ruck and tackling rules changed to try and give the sport wider appeal, mostly to make the game more acceptable to mums allowing their sons to play.
Powerlifting is supposedly different. You can't make a comment about powerlifting without a powerlifter saying you don't lift so no one cares. Even though that doesn't matter in other main sports or the other favorite is "snore", great contribution there buddy.
If people like couple inch rom benches good for them as well. I don't and it's my opinion.
My argument is that every other sport changes rules to make the sport better. In the time I have played footy they changed rules to try and reduce flooding, some successful and some not. There have also been ruck and tackling rules changed to try and give the sport wider appeal, mostly to make the game more acceptable to mums allowing their sons to play.
Powerlifting is supposedly different. You can't make a comment about powerlifting without a powerlifter saying you don't lift so no one cares. Even though that doesn't matter in other main sports or the other favorite is "snore", great contribution there buddy.
If people like couple inch rom benches good for them as well. I don't and it's my opinion.