bench shirt ???

[Parabellum]

try tucking your elbows in

 

[Kasperr7]

[i tucked them hard as i could is there a chance i measured wrong and the shirt is to small>it is my first shirt it fits alot tighter than my dads does on him and its the same shirt i guess i will just have to keeping playing with it..or get strong enough to lock out 450..that should go down

 

[jcp2]

I Hope you ordered the shirt 2 inches bigger than your chest size.

 

[Kasperr7]

[no that i did not do..im i screwed do i have to get another shirt?

 

[pwrlftrscott]

[no that i did not do..im i screwed do i have to get another shirt?

no, just keep practicing in the shirt, work on your set up, get your stomach as high as possible, arch as big as you can, pull your shoulder blades together, bring the bar low, wet the shirt, and tuck the elbows as much as you can. and try bringing it down a bit faster if you can, be agressive with it.

 

[Kasperr7]

[thanks i owe you all im going friday to just practing lowering the bar this is the first time my back and lats got sore from benching i will wet it and give it a try thanks again i will let you no..is it okay to practice lowering the bar with side spoters if i just did it monday

 

[Throw2Far]

With the advent of Bench shirts and Squat suits Powerlifting has become artificially inflated.

There is not a single person out there that can break Kazmaier's 661lb Bench Press without a shirt. He would have done 700+ if it werent for a pec injury.

Gene Rycelak thinks hes a badass throwing up 900 as a bench specialist, but has never broked 625 without a shirt... Props to him but shirts are a joke... Whats next? A nano-suit that simulates muscle fiber and allows 4,000lb benches?

 

[pwrlftrscott]

With the advent of Bench shirts and Squat suits Powerlifting has become artificially inflated.

There is not a single person out there that can break Kazmaier's 661lb Bench Press without a shirt. He would have done 700+ if it werent for a pec injury.

Gene Rycelak thinks hes a badass throwing up 900 as a bench specialist, but has never broked 625 without a shirt... Props to him but shirts are a joke... Whats next? A nano-suit that simulates muscle fiber and allows 4,000lb benches?

661 raw has been beaten, medelson has done over 700 twice (raw) in competition, james henderson has as well, there are several of todays top benchers that can do well over 600 raw, but choose not to compete that way. kaz was great, no doubt, but you cannot take anything away from the best today either.

 

[Throw2Far]

Agreed, Today's best are monsters and strength legends, however I just think that the numbers are inflated due to the bench shirt.

My point was not to say that Kazmaier had the best raw ever, but to say that a feat like Medelson or Kazmaier's should go down in the record books as WR's, not these inflated bench shirted lifts.

Why not give Medelson the WR @ 713.2 lbs and not some bullshit inflated 975 pounds.

Yes 975 pounds is an amazing feat even with a shirt, however it makes a man like Kazmaier @ 661 or Medelson at 713.2 look like a pussy, when in fact both are truly stronger.

Shirts are an inflation of true strength and should be banned.

I can bench raw 530 lbs. If I train for a year with a bench shirt and hit 662 can I walk around saying im a 662 lb bencher. Fuck no.

Why dont we just lower the basketball hoop? Make the Football Field shorter? How bout soccer goals bigger? Ya that'd be a great way to prove that today's athletes are getting better and better...

I guess in our quest for the 1000 lb bencher we will take it any way we can get it...