they used to play pro football without facemasks, they used to pole vault with bamboo poles, the sport is moving ahead, I just saw a guy set an american record in the benchpress lifting raw at a meet in Concord where his competitors (me too) wore shirts, he got a lot of respect shirt or no, lifting raw is just fine and well respected do your thing and beat all those shirt guys (me too)
Lift in the AAPF (drug tested). Gear is optional and a number of the lifters compete raw. ALSO, try the APF and just lift raw. You'll be able to compete with and watch some of the strongest guys on the planet.
they used to play pro football without facemasks, they used to pole vault with bamboo poles, the sport is moving ahead, I just saw a guy set an american record in the benchpress lifting raw at a meet in Concord where his competitors (me too) wore shirts, he got a lot of respect shirt or no, lifting raw is just fine and well respected do your thing and beat all those shirt guys (me too)