Arnold Pump n Run 2012 (Best measure of strength & speed)

Enough with the whining. Those are the rules and if you don't like 'em, too bad. A short guy doesn't complain because your stride length is much longer than a guy with average height.

Hit the gym, improve your bench press and stop complaining.

Any other Pump and Runs coming up??

Whiners wrote:

Enough with the whining. Those are the rules and if you don't like 'em, too bad. A short guy doesn't complain because your stride length is much longer than a guy with average height.

Hit the gym, improve your bench press and stop complaining.

Stride length is not a benefit in running. Height is detriment as it is accompanied by weight than increases faster than surface area (among other problems). Elite runners are shorter than the population average, and this becomes more pronounced as you go up in distance.

Just sayin'.

Twitched wrote:

Brian wrote:

Gauging bench requirement off bodyweight is unfair to tall people as we have a higher bodyweight that isn't due to bodyfat or muscle, but excessive skeletal structure.

There is no way someone who is well over 6 feet tall will be able to do this, even if they are stronger absolutely that people who beat them. Bench should be a single weight for everyone.

Is this fact or opinion?

How much more do tall peoples' bones weigh? Is it really a significant difference?

Of course it does. Take a person who is 5'9" and has 6% bodyfat and can bench 200 and a 6'4" person with 6% bodyfat and can bench 200. You really think they will be similar in weight? You can look it up - a person who is 5'9" will weigh 20+ pounds less than someone who is 6'3" if their percent bodyfat and muscle are the same.

In a pump and run, why should a short person get to bench less. I know the "at your bodyweight" metric is intended to reward leanness (as in, low bodyfat) but doesn't take into account skeletal weight.

Brian wrote:

Whiners wrote:

Enough with the whining. Those are the rules and if you don't like 'em, too bad. A short guy doesn't complain because your stride length is much longer than a guy with average height.

Hit the gym, improve your bench press and stop complaining.

Stride length is not a benefit in running. Height is detriment as it is accompanied by weight than increases faster than surface area (among other problems). Elite runners are shorter than the population average, and this becomes more pronounced as you go up in distance.

Just sayin'.

Stride length is most certainly a benefit with everything else being equal. The more you travel with each step, the better.

Also, average heights are a statistic not a causal requirement.