Bench shirt mistakes...

**Gopro** · 06-10-2013, 08:13 PM

Good read. Love to learn new stuff!

**darksidefitness** · 06-11-2013, 02:38 PM

^^^yeap^^^^What I said...I mean, what he said!!! You need to train in a shirt to learn how the shirt works. Every single brand has their own tweaking or form and no 1 shirt is equal to other.

**Boltbreaker** · 06-28-2013, 06:31 PM

Wow this was a cool informative thread.. Sounds interesting..

**darksidefitness** · 06-29-2013, 01:07 AM

Glad you like it. A lot of good "no shit" information here...straight from the source...

**unforgiven** · 01-31-2015, 05:33 AM

Thanx good info

**Big Irish** · 02-09-2015, 07:57 PM

I've used bench shirts over the years and I've found them to be somewhat of a crutch. I've seen guys use them religously and eventually they ended up having problems.

Besides the fact that they are a bitch to put on, they smell like death (because you're not supposed to wash them), and they bruise the fuck out of you. If used to often you can develop some bad habits. I do my workouts raw and rarely ever use a shirt. It's usually when I'm 3 - 4 weeks out from a meet that I will start working with the shirt (if I'm going to use one at all). And even then it's just to get a feel for it again.

I will say that out of the many shirts I've used the Titan Katana is my favorite. it's the only one I use now.

**cmeliftheavy** · 04-17-2016, 12:19 PM

Good information, one of the things I am looking for is information on how to break the shirts in "train". I have competed in powerlifting meets "raw/C-Raw" and I am looking at transitionsing to single ply next session. From some of the research I have done, I see articles that speak on wetting the seems and inflating balls into the sleeves to stretch the seems out. This will aid in sinking the sleeves into the pits.
Anyone have additional data on how to break a shirt in? Besides time and training?

**tidy2108** · 07-10-2016, 10:45 PM

Thanks for the post brother. Will look at this next workout.

**Braveone** · 02-04-2017, 10:47 AM

Thank you brother. I've been an oversize (by one) shirt to help a bad shoulder stay in place. And using it so often. I notice many of the mistakes you mentioned. (and a few effortless lifts) accidental I'm sure lol. I know you shouldn't rep in a shirt. But the shoulder needs the support at this point. I also might add that where that bar lands out after the hand-off is crucial too. Thanks for the info. I'll put it to use in my comp shirt.

**Drive** · 07-01-2017, 01:49 PM

I wish I would have known this 30 years ago. lol We were still figuring it out. It has become an increasable science. The equipment really is awesome, and has kept some of us old guys competing and reduced injuries. In my opinion it made the sport more interesting too.