Recent content by Hønter

No, I don't think its that simple. If you training with a barbell your hand is locked in a straight vertical path and it seems like the hand becomes the axis of rotation, not the elbow, or something like that. If we consider the dumbbell situation i think the torque at the elbow would require...

Since I train powerlifting I have started to get interested in the mechanical analysis of the different exercises. But the bench press I haven't been able to figure out. When I am considering a dumbbell bench press the mechanics seems simple, but when I consider a barbell bench press it becomes...

That is exactly when I don't understand things. If you consider the situation with dumbbells, the torque at the shoulder is the force from the bar (F) times the horisontal distance between A and C. The same for the torque at the elbow which is the F times the horisontal distance between B and C...

Since I train powerlifting I have started to get interested in the mechanical analysis of the different exercises. But the bench press I haven't been able to figure out. When I am considering a dumbbell bench press the mechanics seems simple, but when I consider a barbell bench press it becomes...