Why the Bent Press Amazing for Martial Arts

[@OneGold_777]

There's a great reference for learning the bent press and the book is called Taming the Bent Press by Dave Whitley. It's a great read with awesome excerpts and photos from old Time strength publications. In the words of Sig Klein "All hail the Bent press. King of lifts"

[@clydenolet736]

6:38 I worked up to a 135LB barbell bent press and a 100LB barbell get up. Didn’t push it from there but the bent press deserves bodyweight to be an old time strongman

[@michaellopez2070]

The only downside of the bentpress is if you can't bail correctly, you're risking your shoulder. You have to be focused throughout the lift and good at bailing. The way you twist you spine in going it, it loads the spine under a long and very natural path of motion. It's kind of like a weighted lift for the "transverse plane" that Pat McNamar is always mentioning. You'll definitely feel a functional strength carryover to whatever you physical activity outside of lifting, though it also does a good job of training stabilizers for a number of other lifts, while improving or maintaining flexibility.

[@LatimusChadimus]

Well you could always lift up one end of the barbell like you're going to do a steinborn and rack it/stack it like you would a circus dumbbell

[@generaliststrength7578]

You can walk it out, though I haven't ever seen anyone else do it

[@pwndaman1018]

Ohp was apart of olympic weight lifting.

[@generaliststrength7578]

For anyone interested in seeing a barbell bent press, here's a video of me doing 195lbs, walking the weight out: kzbin.infoi0rEkOL4rWo?feature=share Also, for the record, it is generally pretty easy to bail, yeah.

[@MrJesseBell]

This podcast seems to slowly be moving towards the realization that functional patterns is the epitome of all these recent ideas.

[@DavidLee-cw6ci]

Nobody does this press better than Novikov

[@joenance8641]

True…. And Martins

[@IsaacMorgan98]

​@@joenance8641 I personally beat Martins at the Bent Press, what has Novicov done on bent press?

[@ubaidm7864]

Arthur Saxon

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@IsaacMorgan98 how much? Public info?

[@IsaacMorgan98]

@@mihailmilev9909 90kg at my best and it's on my channel

[@nakmuay5525]

Please reference which podcast this clip is from.

[@MarkBellsPowerProject]

link to full episode: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZO1iKR6pbCkr9U

[@nakmuay5525]

@@MarkBellsPowerProject thank you 😎💪🏼

[@jaayzeez]

Forgive my ignorance, who is the gentleman in black tshirt?

[@michaellopez2070]

Joe Rogan

[@chriscrew4478]

But why amazing for grappling again?

[@jettfuelfitness]

Intense ab workout, pressing in an unconventional direction, hip stability, unilateral. It ticks a lot of boxes.

[@crushinnihilism]

@@jettfuelfitness probably helps isometric strength as well. You have to hold your arm in that one position the entire time. I do it kettlebells myself.

[@jcalz216]

In my experience, it's a great exercise specifically for the elbows (the joints themselves) and because it's in the transverse plane. Getting under it initially then twisting forces the elbow-joint to handle quite a load, from tucked-in close to the torso through a full range of motion to straightened at the top, and often with slow self-control. Compare with how grappling an opponent feels: the bent press simulates that constant tension of the arms, both pulling and pushing. Plus it's a transverse-plane exercise FOR THE UPPER BODY, which makes all those over-the-shoulder judo throws much easier; not as ballistic as an Atlas Swing but same idea. Altogether makes one more apt to handle a grappling opponent with ease instead of strain, in part because of those unyielding elbows and that transverse power/stability.

[@generaliststrength7578]

It strengthens the hands a lot (controlling a barbell with two hands works 2/6 of the ways a hand can move, single hand stuff works all 6), also works out your ability to maintain a lot of tension with a twisted and rotated spine. I've heard people say that it also develops the ligaments in the shoulder/elbow, but I'm not sure how to evaluate this. Definitely makes me feel more mobile in the shoulder. I think the Turkish get-up might be better overall though.

[@Goon.29]

Wild Hunt is the best

[@warrenellis1023]

Pavel Tsatsouline. Logan Christopher.