Hi, everyone! I had a small debate with a friend of mine about the "minimal" weights a wrestler should be able to lift accordind to his competing weight class. The thing is that I stopped doing bench press because I read in Mark Rippetoe's Starting Strength that a normally built person should bench press and power jerk the same weight, and my bench press is 120kg and my power jerk is 95kg (btw, I'm an endomorph so I don't have any "inborn" explosiveness). But my friend said that it's normal thing for a wrestler to have a stronger bench than a power jerk. I still don't have an intension to do bench press until I can power jerk 110 kg (I compete in 84kg). What are your opinions about this?
bench press helps build back, lat and tricep stregth which overall will add to your core strength. High repetition is key not 1 rep heavy weight 5x10 is the best
I'm doing 32kg k-bell snatch, jerks and swings, that's not the problem. I'm doing sprints, bodyweight squats, pushups, pullups, rope climbs, sprints... Basically everything. My question was how much explosiveness does a wrestler need? We have a guy in our gym who can jerk 130kg but bench press 120kg. I think that's out of proportion.
I'm doing 32kg k-bell snatch, jerks and swings, that's not the problem. I'm doing sprints, bodyweight squats, pushups, pullups, rope climbs, sprints... Basically everything. My question was how much explosiveness does a wrestler need? We have a guy in our gym who can jerk 130kg but bench press 120kg. I think that's out of proportion.
Sounds like you've got it covered. Concentrate on your own training, who cares what someone else does as long as your strength, balance, speed, agility and flexability all improve. 32kgs, impressive.
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