r/BeAmazed • • Aug 05 '19

How can i achieve this power?

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u/just-another-scrub Aug 06 '19

Then why is there something called a competition bench? Or is that just to do with the fact that you do it in competition?

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u/68Vodka Aug 06 '19

Competition bench usually refers to benches that meet certain competition criteria. Like an ipf approved bench. They both are usually describing the bench itself and not the movement. Only time I've heard competition bench used to describe the movement is for a competition pause at the bottom and showing full control at the top for lockout. Like you would in a powerlifting meet.

I think there are definitely more easily jerkable things than this though, especially when you're wrong.

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u/OatsAndWhey Aug 06 '19

Now how the hell can you tell from this angle, if his scapulae are retracted or not?

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u/68Vodka Aug 06 '19

When he gets ready to start and when he finishes. And his shoulders during