Bench Press

[Chambewy20]

so is the drug use in bodybuildig.

That's friggin awesome.

K to you!!!

 

[jcastyo]

cool, thanks for clearing that up for me

jc

 

[Ozz2001]

raw = without a bench pressing shirt
shirted = with a bench pressing shirt

(theyre specially made shirts taht are tight as all hell, and their elasticity helps you to push more weight, usually through your sticking point)

Hmm i watched some power lifting and was quite impressed too.Though some had some weird looking bodys...I thought the shirt was to help from geting a injury not to help push more, guess i learned something new too..Thanks for clearing this up guys..

 

[BionicBC]

Hmm i watched some power lifting and was quite impressed too.Though some had some weird looking bodys...I thought the shirt was to help from geting a injury not to help push more, guess i learned something new too..Thanks for clearing this up guys..

Its for both, although, moreso IMO for the increase in attainable bench weight...
Bionic

 

[richspc]

I thought the raw was 733lbs.?

 

[jacked clown]

The raw is 733 and steroids in bodybuilding and shirted benches are completely different...Steroids build real muscle. I dont bring a hydraulic jack in with me when i squat to add 2000 pounds to my squat. Only thing that should be allowed in bench and squat meets are wraps for protection.

 

[cubuff27]

jacked clown is right...it is a strength = lift contest...not a strength + shirt = lift. A shirt, or squat suit just takes some of the credibility out of the lift. I mean sure, it is a ton of weight and I am sure it is hard as hell, but do it without the shirt. I mean you can compare shirts in powerlifting to drugs in bodybuilding, but that is an apples an oranges comparison. Powerlifters use drugs & shirts with a definitive goal. Those who lift the most win. Bodybuilding is not a sport at all...it is a subjective art show with no real reason for winning or losing. Just because you might have the best body doesn't necessarilly mean you will win. I mean you can have a good body and 5 past Mr. Olymipia wins and you will beat someone with a great body and zero wins.

 

[Quadsweeps Sister]

The raw is 733 and steroids in bodybuilding and shirted benches are completely different...Steroids build real muscle. I dont bring a hydraulic jack in with me when i squat to add 2000 pounds to my squat. Only thing that should be allowed in bench and squat meets are wraps for protection.

I gave you karma as I do agree steroids in bb and shirted benches are in fact different, but I don't agree that bench shirts or other equipment shouldn't be used in powerlifting.

I got into powerlifting after 7yrs in BB and the use of equipment was a natural progression into the sport for me, over time. It is also a protection from training for the lifts over and over again, sometimes twice weekly. Your hips would be demolished in a short time if you have no protection. It is a sport, just as one has equipment in other sports. I always have accepted it as such and never formed a negative opinion about it. Its just something that goes along with powerlifting.

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[Illuminati]

Powerlifters use drugs & shirts with a definitive goal.

so are you saying that bber's dont use drugs for a definitive goal?

 

[jcp2]

You can be a national level powerlifter natural. You can't win a local natural bodybuilding show natural. Drug use in bodybuilding is rediculous, an completely out of hand. It is a sport you cannot enter without commiting numerous felonies. I have nothing against drug use, i am just making a point. And please don't give me the shit about drugs building real muscle. I have done them, i know if i wanted to start again i could put about 60 lbs on my raw bench with no more hard work than i am doing now and no dietary changes as long as i put about 600 mg of test into my body every week. I don't care who takes them, i lift in the APF. Just stating the truth. I have no clue why people who have no interest in powerlifting or aspirations come in here to preach their shit. Do you think i am going to stop wearing my shirt because you feel it is too much. Do you think the sport is all the sudden going to stop and re examine itself, or did you just need to get that off your chest.