Re: (Sumo) Akebono; Rikishi benching and squats

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From: Garrett J. Dressler <litvid@earthlink.net>
To: sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu <sumo@brooks.statgen.ncsu.edu>


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>I grant that Akebono may not be able to do real pushups or bench press 300
>lbs.  But I'll be that 90% of the top rikishi can.
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>Garrett
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I'd be shocked if some of those big guys like Musashimaru and Takanohana
couldn't bench at least 300 lbs.  I have friends less than half their size
who
can bench 300.  People that big have a certain basic level of strength just
for getting around every day - and atheletes like the top rikishi are in
constant training.

Sten