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Others have mentioned some important points about the bench press versus the work of an offensive lineman.  But also, think of it this way: in a bench press, your back is up against the bench, anchoring and stabilizing the torso as you push the weight.  In football, offensive linemen are relying on their legs and core to anchor their body as they push.  All the bench strength in the world is meaningless if you lose balance and fall in the process of pushing back a defensive lineman.

Unfortunately, we live in a measurement obsessed world and it is much easier to measure speed (40 time) and strength (bench press) than it is to measure flexibility, balance, range of motion, agility (I guess there is the three cone test), core strength, etc.

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[BostonCard]

Others have mentioned some important points about the bench press versus the work of an offensive lineman.  But also, think of it this way: in a bench press, your back is up against the bench, anchoring and stabilizing the torso as you push the weight.  In football, offensive linemen are relying on their legs and core to anchor their body as they push.  All the bench strength in the world is meaningless if you lose balance and fall in the process of pushing back a defensive lineman.

Unfortunately, we live in a measurement obsessed world and it is much easier to measure speed (40 time) and strength (bench press) than it is to measure flexibility, balance, range of motion, agility (I guess there is the three cone test), core strength, etc.

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