How To Use A Bench Shirt
Week 3 do 275lbs bar weight 350 375 including bands chains and do 5 sets of 3.
How to use a bench shirt. You can t put on a bench shirt and magically add 100lbs to your press unfortunately. How to use a bench press shirt. Bench shirts aren t magical.
First i was in no shape to be trying for maximum singles so that was out of the question let alone risk blowing out another shoulder or pec. On the one hand shirts do a lot of the work. In the beginning there was only one type of bench shirt available.
Bench shirts are usually made of polyester denim or canvas and come in single or multi ply thicknesses. But they can only work if the correct technique and the correct shirt is used. The extremely tight fit of a bench shirt supports the weightlifter s shoulders and deltoid muscles.
I knew a measly 225 would likely give me an idea of the shirt s capabilities. Use a loose bench shirt or no shirt week 2 do the same but use a 2 board wear a loose bench shirt or no shirt. Made of tough material they simply stretch when the bar is pulled to the chest.
A bench shirt is a stiff supportive shirt used to improve performance in the bench press most often in powerlifting competitions. For instance the current bench press record ryan kennelly 1070 pounds 476 3 kg on 4 13 08 as well as legend scot mendelson 1008 lb 457 5 kg 2 18 06 have made amazing poundage s using the bench shirt. Types of bench shirts.
Click here for the best bench press program. Man the shirt was tight across the chest when i tried to just push my arms back. Powerlifters are evenly split on the use of shirts.