The reason for controling heavy loads on the way down it to minimize the impart/reversal force needed to drive the weight back up.
With heavy loads, you need to ride the brakes when lowering the weight until an inch or two from you chest, then allow it to acclerate/drop. The key is when to allow the weight to accelerate (drop) on the way down. People bouonce much more weight off their chest than 205, every day and have no problem. He's in the off season now and injured with shoulder trouble.īasically i don't think its possible to bounce 205 lbs or so off your chest it would just crush you. The rugby player actually done well for years after that, getting into a team that now pays him to play. It's probably worth noting that I ended with a chronic shoulder injury shortly after that (largely from benching like an idiot). When I benched with the rugby player, he was 'pulling' 250lbs onto his chest and bouncing it off and back up.
I'm sure there is a weight that your upper body couldn't handle and it would just crush you, but the human body is surprisingly tough. Remember for each reaction there is an equal and opposite reaction - part of that 'reaction' is going to be absorbed through your chest (and may cause bruising), and part of it will be responsible for a slight bounce in the opposite direction, and also helped by your pushing strength. It's like bouncing the bar off the floor when dead lifting, only, your bouncing it off your upper body. This was a couple of years ago, I would never do this now. When I trained with the Rugby player I mentioned (a close friend), I benched the same way and it definitely helps. It definitely bounces and gives you momentum.
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