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I actually like Ben the most on that show he is funny, your comment was halirious!
I actually like Ben the most on that show he is funny, your comment was halirious!
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I spoke to a family member that knows Crookham real well over Thanksgiving. I asked what his off season weight was and how much he's benching. He was around 160 pounds and benching 350. He is going to be a handful against anybody.
When I graduated from high school at age 17 my weight was 125 and I benched 250. Now I weigh 250 and bench 125. I’m a hand full for my wife 😉
While anybody benching 2.2 X their body weight is impressive; it's good to remember a couple of things.
1.) The bench is like fishing. Everybody exaggerates.
2.) Wrestling is a pulling sport, not a pushing sport.
2,) High power to weight ratios are usually accompanied by shorter arms; which is a lot of cases a detriment in wrestling.
3,) Nobody has every had their arm raised because of their bench (or deadlift, if you are a tOSU lurker) and putting excessive pressure on shoulders that are already subjected to extraordinary stress for the sake of vanity is kind of dumb.
In 2016 NSCA All-American Strength and Conditioning Athletes of the Year | NSCA.com cited two 184 pounders for their bench. One was Gabe Dean (whose 365 bench didn't stop Nickal) and Ben Ralston of Michigan whose 345 didn't amount to anything like AA status.
Damn, I feel better. I went from 180 to as high as 261, currently low 240's.
I figure as long as I can do 185 for 12, that's ok for for my age.
So Gabe Dean (who, by the way, had a rib injury when he wrestled NCAAs that year) benched 365, and Crookham benched 350? Yeah, I'll buy that.
Anybody know what Carter benched when he won NCAAs with a broken hand?
I dunno, but I heard Jason Nolf squatted a Mini Cooper on one leg in 2018-19.
Oh, and Bo tore an LCL completely at B1Gs that year too, fwiw. Everybody competes hurt at this level. Wrestlers be tough.
Per Flo article today..Foca officially up at 184. Loew out for year with shoulder injury.
But can he do like Spencer and squat a Ferrari with no MCL's while mom breaks her glasses and dad holds a presser?
Per can come in smaller packages
*Running back* Barkley broke a PSU weightlifting record
He certainly does lift, bro.
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Also, unless I’m mistaken and he got it fixed in secret, Kerk has wrestled his entire time at PSU without an ACL. It’s not something he feels the need to talk about.
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Nor does his father.
As long as your wife doesn't weigh more than you can bench, your golden.
Is 220 a smaller package.?Per can come in smaller packages
*Running back* Barkley broke a PSU weightlifting record
He certainly does lift, bro.
Think about it.. Barkley is a BFD doing 390 at 220, but a guy that wrestles 133 is doing 350..
As far as my comment about Crookham and his bench weight. I was told when he graduated high school he was benching close to 300.
2 years later I was told he was benching
quote " around 350" from someone that would have knowledge of it. It seemed a high number to me but even if it the story was stretched a little I am confotable in saying he's going to be stronger than 95% of his opponents. What's odd to me is that he has a pretty good gas tank . Most muscle guys sacrifice stamina in this sport.
2 years later I was told he was benching
quote " around 350" from someone that would have knowledge of it. It seemed a high number to me but even if it the story was stretched a little I am confotable in saying he's going to be stronger than 95% of his opponents. What's odd to me is that he has a pretty good gas tank . Most muscle guys sacrifice stamina in this sport.
He's benching about what I'm doing now. Question - which arm, right or left?
I saw on the tweeter that Fix may be out for significant time w/ an injury—but I forget the source.
So, "If they could've wrestled, they would've" and they "could have" wrestled, but were held out purely because of caution? I guess I don't quite understand that one. Smells like something is cooking at OKST!
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To be fair, as I recall Fix has always wrestled just about anyone anywhere. I’m no particular fan of Fix/Ok State, but he has a pretty lengthy history of not ducking, if I recall correctly.
That said, Smith’s incongruous double speak above doesn’t help the situation a bit.
That said, Smith’s incongruous double speak above doesn’t help the situation a bit.
I mean, he is 45 now. It takes longer to prepare his body and recover at that age.
The Mendez hype train takes a hit as Matthews beats him on a TD with under 10 seconds left. Woo Woo!!!
Cole Matthews over Jesse Mendez 4-2. Mendez was up 1-0 with riding time secured with 20 seconds left, Matthews escaped and got a last second takedown on the edge
Wow. Cole Matthews takes out Mendez. Brain fart by Mendez. Up 1-0 with riding time secured. Matthews gets out with 16 seconds and gets takedown with 6 seconds left. Mendez had no stalls, not sure why he allowed that
Kind of a reversal of the Beau match at NCAAs?
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