1010 bench press

[james629]

I agree that that is an impressive press no matter how you look at it, but I really never agreed or understood why shirts are allowed in competion. I can see using knee wraps for squats or elbow wraps for bench but the shirts do way too much of the work.

 

[02gixxersix]

I have to agree on the shirt thing. This kind of talk usually starts a fight with the powerlifters because they feel the shirt is a safety thing. I just think that if you can gain over 300 lbs on a lift by putting on a piece of equipment then it is not safety related and more for shock value. Andy Bolton; now that's some raw fucking strength.

 

[DaveTSI]

dont want to get into this argument at all, ill just say this...

shirt or not, that is 1000lbs+ in his hands, held out at arms reach over his throat. none of you realize the amount of strength, work, and dedication it requires to even unrack that amount of weight. the shirt does nothing for you if you cant support the weight in the first place. I wish once, just ONCE, one of you haters would actually put a fucking bench shirt on and attempt to bench the outrageous claims you make in these threads. Take your 5 sets of 12 with 150lbs, and shove it up your asses. OK now im getting fired up so im just gonna roll with it. PLEASE, one of you, borrow a bench shirt from someone, and put 200lbs above your max on the bar, no..no just 100lbs above your max and do it. I bet 90% of you cant even get it out of the fuckin rack.

 

[squatmonkey]

I'll curl that shit..

 

[james629]

It does not take much practice to develop enough strength to put 150 lbs over your max off the rack. I do it all the time when I do lock outs 2 to 3" movements. As for shirts, A guy in a local competiton was disqualified on a lift(600lbs +) because he could not even PULL the bar down far enough to touch his chest, so shirts do the work. I like to see that guy even bring that 1010 controlled down to his chest without a shirt, but then i guess we would be reading about his demise.

 

[02gixxersix]

dont want to get into this argument at all, ill just say this...

shirt or not, that is 1000lbs+ in his hands, held out at arms reach over his throat. none of you realize the amount of strength, work, and dedication it requires to even unrack that amount of weight. the shirt does nothing for you if you cant support the weight in the first place. I wish once, just ONCE, one of you haters would actually put a fucking bench shirt on and attempt to bench the outrageous claims you make in these threads. Take your 5 sets of 12 with 150lbs, and shove it up your asses. OK now im getting fired up so im just gonna roll with it. PLEASE, one of you, borrow a bench shirt from someone, and put 200lbs above your max on the bar, no..no just 100lbs above your max and do it. I bet 90% of you cant even get it out of the fuckin rack.

I realize the amount of work they do but I still think it's bs. I actually have an Inzer single ply bench shirt but I never use it because I don't compete so I see no point, and it's a royal pain in the ass to get on and off. I definitely could not get 100 lbs over my max but if I practiced with it I'm sure I could. I do however know guys that get 200lbs or more out of their shirt.

 

[DaveTSI]

I realize the amount of work they do but I still think it's bs. I actually have an Inzer single ply bench shirt but I never use it because I don't compete so I see no point, and it's a royal pain in the ass to get on and off. I definitely could not get 100 lbs over my max but if I practiced with it I'm sure I could. I do however know guys that get 200lbs or more out of their shirt.

and do they put a ton of work in to get there? someone who can get 200lbs out of a shirt is a very strong individual.

 

[02gixxersix]

I'm in no way knocking the insane amount of work these guys put it. It's an insane amount of work and these guys are dedicated and motivated beyond belief. Shit that guy can bench almost 3 times what I can raw. I still don't necessarily like shirts. I think what you can bench raw is what you can bench and that's all there is too it. And there is a guy on one of the boards who PLs and he benches 405 raw and like 650 or something stupid with a shirt. I'm sorry but at 405 you have not reached a point where it is a safety issue IMO. I have a friend who is 40 yrs old, natural for the last 7 yrs, a BB, and just benched 525 raw. Now is he the norm? No. But I'm just saying. It may be a good thing when used properly but when it is a crutch or used just to get big numbers I think it's stupid, and these super duper triple ply denim shirts and what not are overkill when you're calling it safety related. I saw a video where I think Mendelson tried for 1035 if I remember correctly and couldn't even get it to touch his chest. That means that at the bottom the shirt was holding more than 1035 lbs. Again I'm obviously not knocking these guys but the shirt thing has gotten out of control IMO.

 

[james629]

I think what you can bench raw is what you can bench and that's all there is too it.

AMEN BROTHER


By the way, anyone know what he weights in that video?

 

[1999TL]

Ok, he's strong, but he still looks like shit.