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Are shorter arms then more advantageous for other excercises like BB curls? Or for that matter, does being taller/bigger give someone an advantage/disadvantage lifting?Saturday Fever said:Mechanically, a longer set of arms will have to produce more power to bench the same weight as a shorter set of arms.
Power = Work / Time
Work, in this case is a longer ROM, and hence the power would have to increase. This is not taking into account different grips. I'm just using a base to answer your question.
DOS Forever said:Are shorter arms then more advantageous for other excercises like BB curls? Or for that matter, does being taller/bigger give someone an advantage/disadvantage lifting?
A friend of mine told me a while ago that having longer arms/longer muscles gives an advantage because of more leverage. I don't know about that but a 150lb 5'9'' aquaintance of mine can bench 300lbs 10x, as he claims he has some sort of pectoral anomaly where the muscle is attached farther away than it normally is for a guy his size.
DimebagDarrell said:its all about torque. muscles produce torque, which is length * force. the farther the length, the greater torque needed by the muscle.
Saturday Fever said:Power = Work / Time
1st yes im still in high school2nd im asking is it the same as someone with short arms benching 225 as someone with long armTough Old Man said:1st are you still in school or have you graduated. 2nd I would forget the bench pressing and go back and take english 101 so someone could understand what the hell your asking.
CowPimp said:Shorter arms are definitely advantageous in many movements. However, there are also drawbacks.
For example, I believe (Please correct me if I am wrong) shorter arms are a disadvantage in deadlifting because you have to increase your ROM to compensate. The same is true for long legs when it comes to deadlifting.