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Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:07 pm
by malonish
ponyboy wrote:How do you clean 341 and not 340 or 345? Seems like an odd weight, unless someone had already cleaned 340 even and you just wanted the record.
Slip a glazed donut on either side of the bar. Post workout reward.
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:08 pm
by RGV Pony
315=barbell and 3 plates on each side
+a ten on each side =335
+a 2 1/2 on each side =340
+the clamp on collar on each side =341
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 2:41 pm
by ponyboy
Yeah, I guess you wouldn't want that to slide off. Never even thought about the clamps weighing anything.
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 6:17 pm
by SMU404
The rubber weights used for power lifting are in kilograms, hence the weird weights.
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:22 pm
by ponyboy
So 155 kilos then. That makes more sense
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 7:50 pm
by SMU89
PerunaPunch wrote:ALEX LIFESON wrote:Wonder how these numbers compare to Tech or TCU?
Sand Aggies
LT Le'Raven Clark (6'5 303) So.
LG Beau Carpenter (6'6 284) Jr.
C Jared Kaster (6'3 271) So.
RG James Polk (6'6 332) Jr.
RT Rashad Fortenberry (6'5 275) Sr.
Your SMU Mustangs
This is the first time in a long time we could make that claim.
No doubt
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:00 pm
by jpe747
blackoutpony wrote:PonyPlayer4 wrote:blackoutpony wrote:PP, any chance you can ask them about their squats and power clings? Yeah bench press is a sexy number we all care about, but those two lifts are much more important from a football perspective.
Bench press is actually an important number for Offensive Lineman. Help generate strength in their punch. Other positions not so much.
Obviously all are important, but as.a former O and D lineman, I can tell you I drove with my legs, and while arm strength helps, you still get the push with your lower body first.
That's a ridiculous clean though. Wow
Blackoutpony is absolutely right... Particularly power clings.
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 8:45 pm
by blackoutpony
jpe747 wrote:
Blackoutpony is absolutely right... Particularly power clings.
Squat for the power, clean for the explosion and quick twitch muscles
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 9:42 pm
by jpe747
Absolutely Blackoutpony!
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Fri Aug 02, 2013 10:03 pm
by Lebanese4Life
ponyboy wrote:THEY WILL *NOT* BEAT US
lol stop it
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 3:53 am
by SMU89
RGV Pony wrote:315=barbell and 3 plates on each side
+a ten on each side =335
+a 2 1/2 on each side =340
+the clamp on collar on each side =341
So the guys doing 340 weren't safe?
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Sat Aug 03, 2013 10:08 am
by GRGB
SMU89 wrote:PerunaPunch wrote:ALEX LIFESON wrote:Wonder how these numbers compare to Tech or TCU?
Sand Aggies
LT Le'Raven Clark (6'5 303) So.
LG Beau Carpenter (6'6 284) Jr.
C Jared Kaster (6'3 271) So.
RG James Polk (6'6 332) Jr.
RT Rashad Fortenberry (6'5 275) Sr.
Your SMU Mustangs
This is the first time in a long time we could make that claim.
No doubt
Not so fast my friend. Under Rossley, we had the #2 OL in the country (size), to Nebraska...
Fat dumb and stupid is no way to go through life.
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:37 pm
by ponyboy
Lebanese4Life wrote:ponyboy wrote:THEY WILL *NOT* BEAT US
lol stop it
Nope.
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:50 pm
by SMU2007
ALEX LIFESON wrote:Wonder how these numbers compare to Tech or TCU?
Thought I remembered seeing something a few years back about tcu having some record number of guys benching over 400lbs? Am I making that up?
Re: More from the SMU weight room
Posted: Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:54 pm
by SMU2007
More than a couple years, but this is what i was thinking of. From an article in ESPN mag in 2000:
"After thumbing through all the pre-season annuals, you're probably sick of stats. But here's one more that's worth digesting: When Dennis Franchione came to TCU, only five Horned Frogs could bench press 400 lbs. Now, two and a half years later, TCU has an astounding 50 players putting up at least 400! Most teams don't even have half that. Every offensive starter at TCU would be over 400 if QB Casey Printers didn't have a sore back when he got tested this summer. (Printers got 390 pretty easily last spring.)"
Link:
http://a.espncdn.com/magazine/082400CFBnotes.html