Bench shirt= more raw strength?

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Hazard445

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I read this article: http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/dennis61.htm


and they claim: " Well, about two years ago, I was doing 320 in a shirt, now I'm doing 325 for reps without the shirt. You see, as your max in a shirt goes up, so does your RAW max as well."

I don't get how this would be powerful, it the shirt is doing the work for you, unless it is. Can one of you veterans explain this!
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He claims the shirt gives you 50-100 pounds on your bench and in two years he's now doing 325 without the shirt. Well, two years of strength training without a shirt can also improve your bench 100 pounds or more.
 
Shirtless or not, benching will generally get you better at...benching.

If you want to get good at raw benching, do that. If you want to get good at shirted benching, practice benching in a shirt. S.A.I.D. is not too complicated. I for one am not going near a bench shirt until I can handle 315 minimum. and maybe not ever.
 
You can have your raw press go down at the same time your shirted is increasing.

two seperate movements with seperate requirements for training focus
 
So, really, the only reason to train with a bench shirt, as I see it, is if you will be competing and everyone else is going to be wearing a shirt. Raw bench strength gains will come if you focus on bench. Not sure if you'd get 100lbs in two years if you had been training a while but you could probably get 50.
 
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(Aaron_F @ Apr. 24 2007,03:15)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">You can have your raw press go down at the same time your shirted is increasing.

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exactly, +1...
 
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(Lol @ Apr. 25 2007,00:18)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">So, really, the only reason to train with a bench shirt, as I see it, is if you will be competing and everyone else is going to be wearing a shirt.</div>
Bench shirts suck.

They suck to get into
They suck to wear
and getting them to 'work' sucks

Getting a semi-loose one may be ok for some people with shoulder issues, but not for most normal people.

Competition is a different story
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(Aaron_F @ Apr. 25 2007,08:57)</div><div id="QUOTEHEAD">QUOTE</div><div id="QUOTE">Bench shirts suck.  

They suck to get into
They suck to wear
and getting them to 'work' sucks

Getting a semi-loose one may be ok for some people with shoulder issues, but not for most normal people.

Competition is a different story
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They also make you look like a schmuck.

I'd much rather watch a raw comp than a suited one.
 
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