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Elbows in is always better.

Its all at the website: http://www.arnoldexpo.com/2004_schedule.asp

I'll be there benching

Actually, its probably more that your CNS is not properly trained for singles. A maximum effort single is much different that repping a similar weight. Your nervous system sees an overload condition and shuts you down prematurely. You probably have the muscle mass, and the right muscle fiber...

I must say I completely disagree with your opinion. You can always enter an equipped meet and bench raw if you like, but that would really put you at a severe disadvantage. I don't want this to turn into an arguement about shirts, so good luck, I hope you find somewhere to lift.

Not that I have ever heard of. The non tested feds, WPO, APA, IPA, WPC, APF don't have a raw division. AAU and WNPF have raw divisions, but they test. Why do you want to go raw?

I don't know of a raw fed that doesn't test. Are you looking for a tested or non-tested fed?

I think Doug was having email problems recently, you may want to try it again.

Its usually 4 weeks delivery. They have so many orders coming in, and everything they make is custom. Karin actually makes every single item herself. Hence the month lead time. Best thing to do is call or email them for answers. They also have a forum where Doug answers questions like...

Yes. All respectable feds require a one-piece lifting suit for all lifts. Check out www.houseofpain.com----They have decent prices on singlets, and all kinds of sizes.

Sounds like you may have been a little too low, or your elbows were out of position at the bottom. The Fury does drive you towards you face, so you have to have good bar control.

Absolute junk. If you want a basic shirt, get a Fury or an EHPHD. The lower blast shirts are crap, and in 3 weeks you will be wishing you had bought something better.

Bench shirts take like 12 weeks. I'm not sure about suits. If you go to fortifiediron.com, and PM "not the admin", he can get stuff a little quicker, he is a distributor for Titan.

Fury has a low groove, almost as low as a denim. I have one workout partner getting 100 lbs assistance from it. I think its the best poly out there. Phenoms are ok, but very uncomfortable, and not very reliable. If you get one, pay a little extra and get the superneck option, otherwise they...

For a shirt, I would go with the Titan Fury. I have heard really good things about the Titan Dual Quad suit as well. The Metal bench shirts and suits look pretty good also, I have a couple of friends who use them.