set a new bench record at my gym in philly...

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@04se-r

its a huge debate in powerlifting cicrles. but i can tell you out of the 20 or so 1000lb. squatters, almost all of them are close to or above 6ft. most topbenchers are around 5ft9 or so. i met gene rychlak at a meet once?(world record of 1020 bench). he was huge. he was like 2 of me. then he stood up, and came to my chin. taller people have better squats because of the geometry of the lift. there was a fgreat article in powerlifting usa about it. it talked about how taller peolpe typically have smaller arms, but bigger legs and back.

I would like to give that article a read…every book and article I read all stated TYPICALLY taller people are better DLers and shorter people are better benchers/squaters…and a lot of other lifts because of leverage and range of motion.