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coolcolj
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I think he benched 180kg for a double, so 396lbs. That's also after doing other oly work before hand. Plus Kolecki is 6'3" or something like that and weighed 210lbs or so, he was competing in the 94kg class, around 207lbs. 19 years old or so I think back then too.... that's pretty good bench in anyone's language, and he doesn't train specifically for it either 
They just don't train for size, they do add musclemass eventually, but it's just a by product of lifting heavy weights enough times.
They do low reps, long rest periods between sets, and don't emphasis the eccentric too much. Strength is part muscle and part nervous system. Elite level olylifters just have better CNS which is what you need for strength and explosiveness. It's mostly a genetic thing. That's why those guys can bench a bit without doing direct tricep work and all the usual bench specialisation stuff, although the all those push presses and jerk would help no doubt...
They just don't train for size, they do add musclemass eventually, but it's just a by product of lifting heavy weights enough times.
They do low reps, long rest periods between sets, and don't emphasis the eccentric too much. Strength is part muscle and part nervous system. Elite level olylifters just have better CNS which is what you need for strength and explosiveness. It's mostly a genetic thing. That's why those guys can bench a bit without doing direct tricep work and all the usual bench specialisation stuff, although the all those push presses and jerk would help no doubt...
Protobuilder
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It was very cool to see an oly lift clip that included benching. A rarity nowadays, it seems. Old timers seemed to be more into benching, obviously b/c the Press was a contest event. . . .
coolcolj
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Protobuilder said:
well most of the clips shown are olylifters doing maintenance/peaking work before or after meets.
The only clips showing a real regular training session are the Bulgarian one, and especially the Polish one. In fact the whole Polish 2001 training hall tape shows several of their regular workouts, which I made a highlight bootleg clip above. That's why you see the warmup stuff, benching and fullsquat workout with warmups etc
