[masraum]

I've been seeing lots of these sorts of videos. I would be concerned that the extreme arched back in a bench would be dangerous. I would feel silly doing it, and I would feel like a fraud. I saw one video of what looked like a shortish 300+# dude benching 1400# with an arched back (shortish and 300+#, it was only 5-6" off of the bench). It still seems "wrong" but hey, anyone that can even hold 1400# up is a badazz in my book.

Having your back arched that much doesn't seem like it can be good for you. And then the way that they do it so the range of motion is minimal seems like a cheat. If you were going curls and only barely bent your arms, no one would think that would count, so why does the same thing count in a bench.





this guy seems to think that it's not dangerous.


deadlift. I saw one vid where someone did one of these sumo lifts and ended up dropping the weight onto their foot.