redstreak one;1611992 wrote:Br, sounds like my weight and conditioning coach in college! He always ripped on me (6'5" 280) for not being as strong as a lot of the other linemen. I played DT. He always bragged on those guys you described that was only moving the weight 6 inches because their chest was so thick and their T-rex arms! lol He wouldnt laught to hard when I easily beat their blocks because the couldnt reach me! I loved pointing that out to him also!
One time he had a lift off, who could do the most weight in 3 reps. He condition was you had to grip the bar inside that smooth small line on the bar. Now for T-rex arms that was their normal grip, for me it was probably 2 to 3 inches inside my grip. Basically I was doing a close grip while they were benching! I tried pointing that out but he didnt want to hear it!
Sounds like your coach didn't know much about the science of lifting.
Those little guys can usually move a lot of weight due to that leverage.
That's why many time you see offensive guards at the NFL Combine putting up ridiculous reps with 225 lbs. They have that "T-Rex Syndrome" where your RT/LT's have longer arms, to keep away defenders (O-Linemen in your case) and usually don't have big bench numbers. If an offensive tackle is putting up big reps on the bench, it's a bit of a red flag because defenders might be able to get into his upper body much easier than a longer armed version.
) is stronger than CC so far. Good work Fellas!
