Comments on: Mitch Petrus ties bench-press record

By: lilhopo

lilhopo — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:58:35 +0000

Mitch Petrus just pulled a hamstring doing the 40. I guess patpatriotagain was right Raiders will sign him with the 8th pick

By: Big Tex

Big Tex — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 11:57:15 +0000

Of course Larry Allen didn’t just play around with 225. The dude could do 700 lbs on the bench.

By: RUGGERLAD

RUGGERLAD — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 10:28:09 +0000

Bitchplease says:
February 26, 2010 7:38 PM
It’s funny because every single guy on that “most-bench presses” list, we’ve never heard of again
So true, who the hell is Larry Allen?
Well I agree that it is not the best indicator Larry is one of the best Guards to ever have played the game and is a future Hall of Famer. Without him Emmitt would not have come close to the record even if he played 30 seasons. There are positions where the bench is important (e.g. OL), but there are far more important factors than Larry’s bench that made him dominant. The distance from your chest to your wrist also needs also to be considered.

By: Opie

Opie — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:55:08 +0000

@ badnewskennels: I read your original post wrong, but had more to do w/you stating a 40 was more sport specific than a bench press.
While football is almost entirely anaerobic, you must have a base of aerobic fitness in order to recover. Combined with the length of the game, recovery periods or not, you will get tired faster w/out aerobic fitness. Muscular endurance is needed, but not like cross country running.
Recovery capacity is developed by increasing aerobic fitness & reactive power, strength, starting power, and power endurance are the main attributes that lead to athletic success.
My point being, and I’m guessing you’ll agree, that there are better tests than what they are using.

By: brasho

brasho — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:20:48 +0000

February 26, 2010 8:51 PM
# gosox2673 says: February 26, 2010 7:11 PM
I’ve read n a few places that Justin Ernest of Eastern Kentucky put up 51 in 1999
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Its been said that a friend put that up to help his draft status and its just kinda stuck around cyberspace. The unofficial combine record is 45 held I believe by some dude from UTEP or UNLV or similar sounding.
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Actually the guy in question was a DT from UTEP named Leif Larsen. The BIlls drafted him in round 5 or so and he was from Norway and supposedly looked to scouts like Ivan Drago from Rocky IV. From what I recall, Larsen/Drago stood 6’5 weighed 300 ran a 5.09 and put up 45 reps of 225. The other part of the story was that Larsen had 10 reps taken away due to not going up far enough….
Larsen came to UTEP to throw the shot for the track team and walked on the football team. Larsen’s career in the NFL was short, his UTEP teammate Bryan Young had a much longer career. Larsen shortly after turned to boxing http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=215380&cat=boxer trampling tomato cans around Europe and that was the last I heard from him.

By: brasho

brasho — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 09:13:05 +0000

BadNewsKennels says:
February 26, 2010 7:45 PM
As a collegiate strength coach myself I can safely say the 225 bench press test is a terrible indicator of future NFL success and COMPLETELY worthless. At least the 40 is somewhat specific to the game of football….This amounts to a muscular endurance test, on par with testing incoming NBA players on how many times they can dunk a basketball in 1 minute. A 1-rep or 3-rep max would make far more sense.
I agree with you 100% with one exception, however, though the bench doesn’t tell you much and you know as well as I do that a guy that puts up 225 in the mid-20′s might very well be a 500+ lb bencher (as well as there are little guys like me who has put it up 27X and I can’t put up 365), but putting up a decent number of reps of 225 shows one thing for sure-work ethic.
Players that can’t bench 225 for decent numbers (less than 20 for non-offensive linemen and non-DTs, less than mid 20′s for OL and DTs) shows that they haven’t spent a whole lot of time in the weight room which means they haven’t been working very hard to get better at their craft. The guys that don’t put up decent numbers show they aren’t hardworkers off the field which means they might not rehab as fervently as others or even go as far to say they won’t study film or do extra work to become better.

By: last starfighter

last starfighter — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 07:57:06 +0000

# Route36West says: February 26, 2010 10:41 PM
Why would Smoot even do the bench press if he was that weak? Makes no sense.
I would love to see Desean Jackson try the bench press. Have you ever seen how small his arms are? They would shatter under 250 lbs of weight.
Which makes it even more amazing how he dominates 200+ lb NFL defensive players.
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Having a strong upper body helps receivers throw off jams but out-quicking a db at the line is much easier if you have the skills

By: OscarMooseFarmer

OscarMooseFarmer — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 06:35:42 +0000

So what if Smoot only did one..
Deion Sanders nailed it when Rich Eisen asked him om NFLN if couldn’t atleast have stuck around for the bench press after running out of the superdome after the 40… “When did I ever have to lay Jerry Rice across my chest and lift him?”

By: patpatriotagain

patpatriotagain — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 02:48:59 +0000

“with the eighth pick in the 2010 NFL draft, the Oakland Raiders select….Mitch Petrus!”

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 01:21:56 +0000

Its 225 lbs of weight.

By: Jon

Jon — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:57:02 +0000

Bruce Campbell is a freak of nature.
His stock should rise nicely as a result of the combine.

By: SFrancis1680

SFrancis1680 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:30:57 +0000

he tied a combine record? …can he play football? …otherwise, who gives a crap? the combine is one of the most over-hyped events in sports, between guys showing up and not working out until their pro days, and guys like Mike Mamula, who show up, and fool scouts, because they’re better athletes than they are football players,…I wonder how many people are such geeks that they watch the combine garbage on the NFL Network

By: morm3993

morm3993 — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:14:48 +0000

1994, I think Big Daddy Dan Wilkenson put 225 up 49 times. Giving the Bungles just the excuse they needed to pass up Marshal Faulk.

By: prettio

prettio — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:05:12 +0000

Smoot was always more of a clean and jerk guy.

By: Route36West

Route36West — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 22:41:06 +0000

Why would Smoot even do the bench press if he was that weak? Makes no sense.
I would love to see Desean Jackson try the bench press. Have you ever seen how small his arms are? They would shatter under 250 lbs of weight.
Which makes it even more amazing how he dominates 200+ lb NFL defensive players.

By: FrothyGold

FrothyGold — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:57:19 +0000

Barry Rose – A WR out of Univ. Wisconsin – Stevens Point did 32 reps. He was picked up by Buffalo – Marv Levy didn’t believe he could do it – so he busted 32 out again for the coach!!!! AMAZING!!!

By: Love_Boat_Scandal

Love_Boat_Scandal — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:54:29 +0000

Okung and Campbell are impressive in that they’ve got those long arms. Essentially, they have to move the weight a lot farther than the guys with shorter arms.

By: The Notorious V.I.C.

The Notorious V.I.C. — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:41:53 +0000

LiPo: ====”The defenestration of Florio?
Nice. Similar to the scene in Braveheart except the victim in that movie was far more masculine
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hahahahahah Florio got OWNED.
And as far as the article, yeah, putting up 225lbs 45 times proves nothing. It’d be more relevant to have him put up 400lbs 8 times or something like that, when talking about offensive linemen.

By: BadNewsKennels

BadNewsKennels — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:35:54 +0000

Sorry opie, football is NOT a muscular endurance sport by any stretch of the imagination, it is almost entirely anaerobic. The work to rest ratio is 1:8-10 (play lasts 3-5 seconds, play clock is 40 seconds) , giving your body sufficent time to recover from short burst of max effort when you factor in the 10-15 minute breaks when your unit is off the field.
Muscular endurance sport = distance running
Muscular strength/power sport = sprinting/football
go back to school…or just ask any strength coach in the country

By: Big Tex

Big Tex — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:33:49 +0000

@Drew Brees’
Who told you that Olshansky “doesn’t really contribute”. The guy was a force against the run and at about half the cost of Chris Canty.

By: lilhopo

lilhopo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:24:53 +0000

My brother in law Tony Palmer out of University of Missouri benched 225lbs 41 x’s at the combine and he got drafted 7th round by the Rams and then traded to Green Bay where he only spent three years in the NFL. So bench pressing does not mean that you are a great nfl lineman.

By: robesi

robesi — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:20:40 +0000

For what it’s worth, it was always said that Tony Mandarich put up 39 and had NO signs of slowing, before scouts just told him to stop…

By: JoeyJoeJoeJr.Shabadoooo

JoeyJoeJoeJr.Shabadoooo — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:07:51 +0000

meaningless

By: Drew Brees' Face Smudge

Drew Brees' Face Smudge — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:51:37 +0000

# gosox2673 says: February 26, 2010 7:11 PM
I’ve read n a few places that Justin Ernest of Eastern Kentucky put up 51 in 1999
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Its been said that a friend put that up to help his draft status and its just kinda stuck around cyberspace. The unofficial combine record is 45 held I believe by some dude from UTEP or UNLV or similar sounding.
Igor Olshansky did 46 at Oregon but it didnt count officially. He also holds their squat record and clean and jerk record.
It helped his status when he was drafted but then he got soft, the Chargers allowed him to leave and he signed with Dallas, got fat, and doesnt really contribute.

By: Opie

Opie — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:40:33 +0000

@ BadNewsKennels: no way your a strength coach after that blurb….or, maybe, you just misquoted yourself.
“This amounts to a muscular endurance test,” um, yeah and football is about muscular endurance. Yes, it is short bursts, but endurance to be able to continue these short bursts over a long period of time.
@ Florio: This explains all I needed to know and answers so many of my questions…

By: jimmySee

jimmySee — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:25:44 +0000

Workout warriors do not necessarily make great football players. Tony Mandarich comes to mind.

By: Little Tommy

Little Tommy — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:13:30 +0000

I know it’s the offseason, but is this news???

By: Sanchez4Prez

Sanchez4Prez — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:12:14 +0000

Next year they should bench press Fred Smoot!

By: Buck Stallion

Buck Stallion — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:12:12 +0000

Having them drink beers then take a driving test would be more applicable for NFL applicants.

By: slipkid

slipkid — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:00:21 +0000

flawrio is undefenestratable