I was thinking the same thing. Its not just that it produces athletes, but guys like A.I., Michael Vick, and Steve Francis. Those guys are incredible athletes even in their respective pro sports.
This is going to sound stupid, but how does body weight help you. It seems like most of the lifting is done with your arms and your chest. So where does the weight come in. How does that help you elevate the weight. Wouldn't it be muscle. I can understand why longer arms struggle. You have to lift through a longer zone. But the physics of body weight are harder to understand when you are lying on your back. The only thing I can figure is that your body is used to carrying more weight and therefor has more muscle to lift. Any other physics involved. And what do Ants know that we don't? They are lifting enormous amounts of weight.
ESPN made a correction on Collison’s bench. He lifted 185 eight times instead of four. Still pretty pathetic but somewhat respectable compared to Mike Sweetney who had three freaking reps. That is absolutely sad. Troy Bell put them to shame by benching it 17 times. Other PGs like Luke Ridnour and Ford are the only ones who couldn’t manage to get one rep. Other interesting tidbits: Chris Marcus is a fat ass at 23.1% body fat. Uhhh... Just like me, Lebron James measured 6-7 ¼ without shoes, 245 pounds, 6.7% body fat and a wingspan of 7-0 ¼. Troy Bell has a 41 inch vertical. Ford 39.5. Hinrich and Anthony 33.5. Darko at 32.5.
A 7' wingspan for a 6'8 player isn't that uncommon...but 245, 6.7% body fat! P.S...40+ inch vertical with running start.
http://www.kusports.com/news/mens_basketball/story/107291 Internet story claims KU All-American struggled in Chicago workout By Gary Bedore, Assistant Sports Editor Saturday, June 14, 2003 Former Kansas University power forward Nick Collison has not suddenly turned into a 98-pound weakling. "That's completely false," Collison's agent, Mike Higgins of SFX Agency, said Friday, responding to an ESPN Insider report that the 6-foot-10, 255-pounder was able to bench press an 185-pound bar just four times at last week's NBA draft camp in Chicago. Collison actually hoisted the bar eight times in Chicago and lifted it 11 times in a workout with the Milwaukee Bucks, Higgins said in an interview with James Sido of 6 Sports. . . . Collison, by the way, checked in Friday from Miami and told KU sports information director Mitch Germann the Heat told him the official NBA report had him lifting the bar eight times in Chicago.
