Introduction

Hello viewers!  Welcome to my blog.  In my blog I aim to focus on the physics of weightlifting and how to maximize your strength.

For my first blog post, I want to go over my first physics based weightlifting experiment.

The purpose of my experiment is to find out which bench press requires the least work done and which one generates the most power.  This is important for people trying to maximize strength gains as the less work required allows for more repetitions of the weight, but could also in turn lower the power rating.  The more work the more power that could be potentially generated, but since there is more work required and the closer you get to a maximal lift, the slower the repetition therefore causing less power.


Predictions

There are 3 main bench presses, the incline, decline and flat.  I would like to know which lift you are capable of doing the most work and able to exert the most power.

Based on the angles of the lift and the distance of the bar path, I hypothesized that the decline bench would be conducive to producing the most power and requiring the least amount of work.