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Originally posted by benchmonster
I kind of think of leg drive like this.
Have you ever heard of the Vasalva Maneuver? It is where you tighten up every muscle, even ones not directly involved in that particular lift, and hold them tight while increasing the intra abdominal pressure. You can lift more like that.
Well, when I get to the bottom of the bench, and begin to press up, I am flexing everything in my whole body. On the way down, my head comes up, both to look at the bar hitting the abs, and to help it touch, and when it touches, I throw my head back and pop the shirt to get the bar moving. I am then thinking about nothing but trying to get my hands apart, and the only thing that keeps that from happening is the bar I am gripping.
The leg drive, to me is somewhat incidental to these things I mention above. I am driving with my legs, but I am flexing everything else too. This is to me, just part of the equation. I do a full body flex from the bottom of the press, and the legs are going crazy along with everything else. I try and push my body through the bench. Think about getting away from the bar, rather than pushing the bar away from you.
I don't know if that helps, but that is my take on the whole thing.
B.