900lb bench
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slobberknocker
pro powerlifter
I'll say this. If it weren't for bench shirts, we'd be seeing a lot more pec tears in powerlifting. Once your raw bench gets to 500, 600, 700 lbs, you start running into some problems.
invisiblewounds
Member
slobberknocker said:
I have to disagree w/ this statement, I as well as many of my friends have competed in power lifting meets. Most of us went raw, some equipped. None of us complained about anyone's #'s. The competition was with ourselves and no one else. Yes, it is kinda cool to see how you stack up w/ other people in your division, but ultimately it's you against the weight.
I chose to compete raw against equipped lifters. Why? Because I wanted to go up against the best I could at that time. I didn't care who was wearing what shirt, which knee wraps or who was using the giant ass spring. ( I've found if you spend to much time looking at and worrying about others, they are eventually goning to Surpass you.) But, thats just me. Sorry about the rant.
Oh, and regarding Gene's press, yes he did where a super slingshot on his chest, and yes he does not have a very high raw max. But the man has still benched more weight then any other human being on the planet using the same means everyone else has. He should be complimented for his hard work, not chastised for the shirt he wore.
Beast_19_301
Mc deal meal special
house1 you should train for that kind of weight.
invisiblewounds
Member
quez82 said:
Actually, you can get close to 200 out of a shirt. Mendy's Raw press was 713 his shirted bench was 875. That's a difference of 162 lbs. I've heard that Rychlecks raw max is in the neighborhood of 550.
magnusson187
New member
Damn I wish I had his physique, lol, but those numbers are insane.
slobberknocker
pro powerlifter
invisiblewounds said:
When Mendelson benched 713 raw, his shirted max was about 780.
About Gene, he probably doesn't even bench raw anymore. If he wanted to bench 700 raw he probably could. He'd start training that way. But he competes with a shirt, so he trains with a shirt.
I repeat, YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW TO USE A SHIRT. YOU WILL GET MORE OUT OF IT THE MORE YOU TRAIN WITH IT.
slobberknocker
pro powerlifter
invisiblewounds said:
I can respect personal competition. I commend you for that. My comment wasn't direct at somebody like you.
Still, I can't understand lifting raw against people with equipment. To me, that's bringing a knife to a gun fight. But that's just my opinion, and I don't know everything, lol.
slobberknocker
pro powerlifter
lol, just remembered that Louie Simmons quote. Something like "Wrap a double ply around a bottle of test, put it on a bench, and see how much weight it lifts."
invisiblewounds
Member
flavour said:
Raw lifters and shirted lifters use completely different techniques. When you train for a shirted #, your raw max will drop. There is nothing you can do about it.
invisiblewounds
Member
Still, I can't understand lifting raw against people with equipment. To me, that's bringing a knife to a gun fight. [/B][/QUOTE]
Well, noone's ever accused me of being th smartest individual on the planet.
[/B][/QUOTE] Well, noone's ever accused me of being th smartest individual on the planet.
dbolme
Board Twinkie
that's damn impressive
if i was a hater, i would say one of two things:
1) hes so fat that he only has to lower the bar 5 inches to get to his chest
2) hes merely benching his own body weight
but i'm not a hater, and that is damn impressive shirt or no shirt, and I could never do it.
if i was a hater, i would say one of two things:
1) hes so fat that he only has to lower the bar 5 inches to get to his chest
2) hes merely benching his own body weight
but i'm not a hater, and that is damn impressive shirt or no shirt, and I could never do it.
