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what bench shirt is everyone using right now
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Chambewy20
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wnt2bBeast said:
They just came out with a "Ace" squatter, supposedly it won't pull you forward so you don't dump it the first time you put the straps up... LOL...
I suppose the shirt will be next but off the subject, everyone I know who has a metal squat suit has dumped it the first time you pull the straps up, sucks to lean forward too much but it happens sometimes....
Chambewy20 said:They just came out with a "Ace" squatter, supposedly it won't pull you forward so you don't dump it the first time you put the straps up... LOL...
I suppose the shirt will be next but off the subject, everyone I know who has a metal squat suit has dumped it the first time you pull the straps up, sucks to lean forward too much but it happens sometimes....
i used a Metal Viking IPF squatter for a while, i hated it and does EXACTLY what you're talking about. It really turned me off the Metal gear. I got hurt during a squat about 2 months ago, and it was because of that damn suit.
wnt2bBeast
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Chambewy20 said:They just came out with a "Ace" squatter, supposedly it won't pull you forward so you don't dump it the first time you put the straps up... LOL...
I suppose the shirt will be next but off the subject, everyone I know who has a metal squat suit has dumped it the first time you pull the straps up, sucks to lean forward too much but it happens sometimes....
I look at te ACE squatter every day LOL
im putting my order in very soon...they are also coming out with ACE briefs
Im also looking at their New denim once it comes out and ill make a choice between that or a Militia cut KK
wnt2bBeast
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|3ossman said:
any suit worth its weight will do that..Inzer/Metal/Ginny etc
this isnt a dig but perhaps the suit was too much for you and you werent ready for that weight?
Chambewy20
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I'm more inclined to say it's about form...
Most guys get used to squatting for years and years before they start putting gear on and then attempting maximal weights. The suits are aimed towards professional lifters who are "coached" to keep the weight over their hips and know to carry the bar higher and the posture more upright.
From experience, if there were 10 things you could do wrong while squatting, I did 9 of them wrong save for not dumping it in the hole. At the hands of the fellas at Westside one friggin horrible Saturday morning, they taught me how to squat right, now I only do 5 things wrong instead of 9.
There's only one way to learn though, suit up and go for it, your not really trying unless you fail once in a while...
Most guys get used to squatting for years and years before they start putting gear on and then attempting maximal weights. The suits are aimed towards professional lifters who are "coached" to keep the weight over their hips and know to carry the bar higher and the posture more upright.
From experience, if there were 10 things you could do wrong while squatting, I did 9 of them wrong save for not dumping it in the hole. At the hands of the fellas at Westside one friggin horrible Saturday morning, they taught me how to squat right, now I only do 5 things wrong instead of 9.
There's only one way to learn though, suit up and go for it, your not really trying unless you fail once in a while...
Not taken as a dig at all beast, but that was definatly NOT the problem. The viking material doesnt have enough give, no matter how hard i tried to stay tight and in good form, the suit forced me out of it as i got closer to parallel. Maybe it works well for a wide stance, but close stance forget it.
And chamb, like i said, staying in good form wasnt even an option. I have been squatting for a long time now, im no professional, but i have great squat form if i dont say so myself. My training partner is pretty much my coach, he has competed in the IPF Worlds and is totaling elite. So he has me pretty straight on my form now.
beast, would you consider the Titan Centurion to be a suit that is "worth its weight" as you put it? I think they are pretty descent suits and most seem to think so. I put my training partners Centurion on the other night, first time in a suit since getting hurt in the Metal btw. It felt great and i worked up to the opener weight i got hurt with, and doubled it easily....without knee wraps. This suit felt 1,000X better than the metal. It was the right combination of stiffness and stretch.
And chamb, like i said, staying in good form wasnt even an option. I have been squatting for a long time now, im no professional, but i have great squat form if i dont say so myself. My training partner is pretty much my coach, he has competed in the IPF Worlds and is totaling elite. So he has me pretty straight on my form now.
beast, would you consider the Titan Centurion to be a suit that is "worth its weight" as you put it? I think they are pretty descent suits and most seem to think so. I put my training partners Centurion on the other night, first time in a suit since getting hurt in the Metal btw. It felt great and i worked up to the opener weight i got hurt with, and doubled it easily....without knee wraps. This suit felt 1,000X better than the metal. It was the right combination of stiffness and stretch.
wnt2bBeast
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I use a double ply Viking squat suit..it is a tank
i also bench in a Viking shirt and its pretty tuff to touch weights in
which IPF viking squatter did you use? the v-type is made only for wide stance squatters
IMHO a good suit is one that allows you to keep YOUR form and lets you control te weight..I love Metal gear but if it didnt workfor you im not gonna sit here and tell you that Titan sucks cause in the end the goal is to stand up with the weigt regardless of what suit ur wearing..good ot hear u took that old weight out
i also bench in a Viking shirt and its pretty tuff to touch weights in
which IPF viking squatter did you use? the v-type is made only for wide stance squatters
IMHO a good suit is one that allows you to keep YOUR form and lets you control te weight..I love Metal gear but if it didnt workfor you im not gonna sit here and tell you that Titan sucks cause in the end the goal is to stand up with the weigt regardless of what suit ur wearing..good ot hear u took that old weight out
Parabellum
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|3ossman said:just spoke with Brent Mikesell, he's whipping up a double ply rage x with a scooped/super neck and the stock stretchy back. hehehehe
so what
call me a hypocrite
I have a scopped neck 54 double ply from him too and a stock 52.
The 52 is tight and so far I haven't gotten anything to touch in it. (went as high as 630)(I'll try again when I'm at iron island again) I've been breaking in this shirt for months.
The 54 is loose. When the neck is scopped it's like a size bigger. There's a lot of debate about that. But it's really loose compared to my stock 54.
I just got a 52 w/ a superneck and grid stitching, I can;t wait to try it out.
From having no shirts a little over a year ago now I have, 3 ultimates, 3 double ply ragexs, a genII karins dd and a 2 inzer poly's. The rages are by far my favorite.
Whats a crazy neck?
wnt2bBeast said:
i used the regular ipf squatter, not the v-type.
Like i said, the Titan felt great, especially after it seated(two sets with moderate weight). It allowed me to squat with perfect form, it just made the weight feel light. The Metal had tons of stopping power, but that was the problem, it would get so hard to get under parallel, that when i got to that point it would just yank me out of form.
