Lagging With Long Arms Long arms are definitely a disadvantage on the bench press. In a study published in a 2010 edition of The Sport Journal, researchers found that female college athletes with longer arm spans were at a disadvantage to their shorter-armed counterparts. The women were asked to perform either three maximal bench press attempts, or a 30-second isometric hold followed by the three maximum attempts. For the second group of women, performing the isometric hold, it was found that long arm span meant a significant decrease in performance. my reach is 761/2 Inches and i was wondering why i was benching so much less then my contemporaries but now i feel better. Force Factor How good you are at the bench press comes down to how much work you have to put into the lift. Work equals force multiplied by distance, notes strength coach Elsbeth Vaino. Therefore, if two lifters have different arm lengths, even if theyre both lifting the same amount of weight, the one with longer arms will have to move the bar further, thus increasing the distance and the amount of work needed to complete the lift.
Posted on: Sat, 10 Jan 2015 20:16:45 +0000
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