Bruce Lee Bench Press

Bruce lee bench press 2 sets of 6 reps.

Bruce lee bench press. For bench press being able to lift 400 pounds for one repitition in a circuit the weightlifter should lift 200 pounds for as many repitions as possible. No weight training session would be complete without a bench press. According to muscle fitness and the book the art of expressing the human body both of which refer to bruce s lee s own training notes this regime quickly evolved into the following far simpler program. He was also using a technique like the weider heavy light principle working up to 260lbs in the bench press for.

Lee books alone in my libarey the first thing that came too mind was 310lbs. Bruce lee bench press. I think his physique looked just as good. Many martial artists actually advise against the bench press as it expands the rib cage which is a weakness in fighting.

Many modern martial artists now advise against doing bench press exercises because it expands the rib cage which is a weakness in fighting. He also did pressups with a 250lb weight on his back. Albeit if i remember correctly he did not say that 400 pounds was his maximum lift. He had the unique ability to do several things at once.

As a life long bruce lee fan and a collector i have more the 2 dozen b. It wasn t at all unusual for me to find him watching a boxing match on tv while simultaneously performing full side splits reading a book in one hand and pumping the dumbell up and down with the other. That translates to a much higher bench press max. Bench press 2 sets x 6 reps the only barbell maneuver bruce lee did to develop his chest was the classic bench press.

If i were to hit you with a plank of wood with a nail on the end that would probably hurt. It was the same range in which he would do some of his isometric exercises. Linda lee bruce was forever pumping a dumbell which he kept in the house. Bruce lee taught that a fighter should aim to develop a solid set of ribs which can take strikes.

Linda lee bruce s physique reached its absolute peak during the later part of 1971. Most likely 160lb was not bruce lee s limit at all the guy could do one armed pressups and side laterals with 90lb dumbells. But if that nail was attached to a something bendy like a thin branch it would hurt a lot less. Ted wong bruce would do a lot of different types of sit ups and bench presses.

He could hold a 75lb barbell at horizontal to his body for upwards of 20 seconds. Clean and press 2 x 8 12 barbell curls 2 x 8 12 behind the neck presses 2 x 8 12 upright rows 2 x 8 12. He liked the fact that they were very explosive sometimes he would do the bench press using just the last 3 inches of the range of motion. Bruce lee s full body routine.