Royce White's strength

[ChrisMWilliams]

This is via the CycloneMBB Twitter:


Cyclone newcomer Royce White had one of the strongest bench press test outs in mbb history. White benched 185 pounds 22 times. The next closest Cyclone had 14 reps.

 

[BryceC]

Honestly that's impressive, especially for somebody with such long arms.

 

[ISUonthemove]

14 was our best? Wow, that's kind of shocking.

 

[CloneIce]

14 was our best? Wow, that's kind of shocking.

Shocking? Our returning players are Garret, SC, JVB.... not exactly the most muscle bound of basketball players. The rest are freshman and newcomers who probably haven't been on hardcore weight training programs.

Wonder who had 14? Ejim? Godfrey?

 

[dtclones]

Shocking? Our returning players are Garret, SC, JVB.... not exactly the most muscle bound of basketball players. The rest are freshman and newcomers who probably haven't been on hardcore weight training programs.

Wonder who had 14? Ejim? Godfrey?

I kind of read it as the next closest ever was 14 reps, not next closest on the current roster, which would be shocking. After I read it again, I guess it could be interpreted both ways.

 

[isuno1fan]

Gotta be next closest on the team.

Heck...I can do 185 for 14 reps.

 

[Clonefan32]

Here are the numbers from last year's NBA combine, making Royce's 22 even more impressive:

NBA Draft Combine: Athleticism Test Results | NBADraft.net

Some notables:

Cole Aldrich- 10

Craig Brackens- 6

Trevor Booker/ Derrick Character - 22

Luke Harangody- 23 (this is the most impressive one to me).

23 was the highest total from last year's draft combine, with the average being 11.37. That makes Royce's total pretty damn impressive.

 

[CloneIce]

I kind of read it as the next closest ever was 14 reps, not next closest on the current roster, which would be shocking. After I read it again, I guess it could be interpreted both ways.

Nah, Chris said Royce had "one of the best" ever, meaning there were others who had beat him before. If the next best ever was 14, White would have by far the best ever.

Bet Fizer and Kantrail Horton were ahead of him. Nice to have a strong big man inside again!

 

[Tre4ISU]

Had to be Ejim at 14.

 

[Tre4ISU]

Nah, Chris said Royce had "one of the best" ever, meaning there were others who had beat him before. If the next best ever was 14, White would have by far the best ever.

Bet Fizer and Kantrail Horton were ahead of him. Nice to have a strong big man inside again!

That's what she said.

 

[dtclones]

Gotta be next closest on the team.

Heck...I can do 185 for 14 reps.

Yeah, you're probably right. I have no concept of how difficult benching 185 pounds is. All I know is that I probably couldn't even do 1.

 

[brokenloginagain]

If my memory is correct, RW benched 185 either 21 or 22 more times than Jiri Hubalek

 

[Gnomeborg]

Nah, Chris said Royce had "one of the best" ever, meaning there were others who had beat him before. If the next best ever was 14, White would have by far the best ever.

Bet Fizer and Kantrail Horton were ahead of him. Nice to have a strong big man inside again!

I remember quite clearly that, in those years, Eustachy used to love mentioning that Stevie Johnson blew everyone else on the team out of the water in bench press.

 

[CYdTracked]

Sounds like a good story for CW to work on! Find out who had the 14 and what were the other all-time bests bench presses...

 

[brett108]

This seems good, but the strongest player that I can remember was Curtis Stinson. I thought he could rep 225 about 10 times. I remember hearing that he was stronger than Homan. A primary reason why he was the best rebounding guard that I can remember.

 

[Tornado man]

Weight room numbers mean nothing without knowing what form is used. For example, in the bench press, is the athlete doing full reps and locking out at the top, or just going 3/4 of the way up? Is he bouncing the bar off his chest? Does his rear end come off the bench? Are all reps totally unassisted?
I'd have to see before I buy numbers.
If White did that many reps in perfect form, then as has been said, with his long arms, that's great.

 

[Clonefan32]

Weight room numbers mean nothing without knowing what form is used. For example, in the bench press, is the athlete doing full reps and locking out at the top, or just going 3/4 of the way up? Is he bouncing the bar off his chest? Does his rear end come off the bench? Are all reps totally unassisted?
I'd have to see before I buy numbers.
If White did that many reps in perfect form, then as has been said, with his long arms, that's great.

Agreed, but I would imagine that a strength coach wouldn't allow the players to develop bad lifting techniques.

 

[Clones85']

Weight room numbers mean nothing without knowing what form is used. For example, in the bench press, is the athlete doing full reps and locking out at the top, or just going 3/4 of the way up? Is he bouncing the bar off his chest? Does his rear end come off the bench? Are all reps totally unassisted?
I'd have to see before I buy numbers.
If White did that many reps in perfect form, then as has been said, with his long arms, that's great.

Man debbie downer!

Honestly I don't care if he bounced his rear end 3 feet off the bench, it shows that the guy is strong. Something we have not had in a long long long time is some muscle. It looks like that is changing. I am very happy to read this

 

[Tedcyclone]

This is via the CycloneMBB Twitter:


Cyclone newcomer Royce White had one of the strongest bench press test outs in mbb history. White benched 185 pounds 22 times. The next closest Cyclone had 14 reps.

being that tall, and long has to be difficult, but when i read the title i expected more... 14 at 185 is crazy low... i know about 10 people at the YMCA in west des moines that are normal dudes that can do that sleeping. however none of us have 30 inch verticles, and are not 6'6".

also a lot of these college kids are still very young. that is another reason why Utahs football was better... a lot of 23-24 year olds...

 

[Clonefan32]

being that tall, and long has to be difficult, but when i read the title i expected more... 14 at 185 is crazy low... i know about 10 people at the YMCA in west des moines that are normal dudes that can do that sleeping. however none of us have 30 inch verticles, and are not 6'6".

also a lot of these college kids are still very young. that is another reason why Utahs football was better... a lot of 23-24 year olds...

The average at last year's NBA Draft Combine was just a little bit higher than 11 reps, so I wouldn't say 14 is less than average strength.