Materials Science of the Barbell | Andrew Lewis

[Nockian]

Mine too. I don’t film myself, but I have some ideas when I get the set right on the next try. It seems that I fail when I am not able to keep my back tight the whole way. This usually happens because the bar rolls away from the mid foot during the set, which makes it harder to squeeze the back properly, so I can pull part of the way, but fail at the top part. It seems to me that the guy in the gym is onto something.

Mines is partly because as I fatigue I fail to lock out the knees and end up using my back. I don’t hitch it, but it becomes an inefficient lever.

[AndrewLewis]

It’s missing the upper and lower yield points that give you that small bump as you go into the plastic range.

That doesn't happen in chrome-moly steels. More in carbon steels.

[Jovan Dragisic]

Mines is partly because as I fatigue I fail to lock out the knees and end up using my back. I don’t hitch it, but it becomes an inefficient lever.

We'll get it right at some point.

[Nockian]

We'll get it right at some point.

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