Haymaker
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- Oct 21, 2015
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How about when a person with sloppy form on bench for example, can push more weight because he is doing things to help move the weight like squirming, contorting his body or something that would get him disqualified in a meet, versus strict good form that limits you to a certain degree of how you can use your body and not move as much weight. So to me, the form issue goes out the window. Form does not equal stregnth.
Mentally, how does mental make a person strong or stronger? Remove the phsycing out part or getting hyped up for a lift. Is it related to "if you can believe it u can achieve it" mind set? Or does the brain send neurons that fire more rapid when forced to exert force?
There's a difference between lifting weight and shifting weight. Someone squirming on a bench is shifting the weight as opposed to someone with perfect form actually lifting (or pushing) the weight. You asked about true strength, not weight numbers.
I'd argue someone doing 5x5 with 225lbs and perfect form is stronger than someone doing say 275lbs for some shitty 3 rep sets.
And if you believe in muscle isolation than form is paramount. Without it your bench press can be just a shoulder exercise. Not to mention most of the time good form promotes heavier weights.
A person's mental state I think has a lot to do with your overall strength over time as well. If your head is in the game and your knocking every session out of the park you'll see way more progress than if your moping around hitting the water fountain after every set.