2 Plates And A Bench Shirt...

Training Powerlifting
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[quote]buckeye girl wrote:
Maybe I’m just really fucking lucky, but I’ve gotten nothing but encouragement from others at my gym…despite the fact that I can’t squat 1/3 of what our big guys do. And thats how it should be. I just don’t see what anyone gains by calling others weak and pathetic.[/quote]

I think that happens for the same reason some people don’t compete - they want to maintain the self-delusion that they are better than others.

Something that gets my goat is when people think you have to be able to bench 2xbw or squat 3xbw to compete in powerlifting. Unless you’re going for “elite” you’re really just competing for your own reasons; to break your own PB, to keep in shape, for fun etc

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[quote]daraz wrote:
daneq wrote:
I saw a dad (who obviously had spent at least a few years under the bar) showing his 14-15 135-145 lb son to bench with a shirt on. I think he had 215 on the bar for doubles.

So?

Completely different situation. Did the kid try showing off to the 500 pound dude afterwards?

Judging from how the OP wrote his post, I’ll take a wild guess and say that the guy has no intention of competing and is most probably not serious about lifting, therefore the shirt is a crutch.[/quote]

The guy just said he was around 40 and 130 lbs benching 2plates, hanging out with guys that bench around 500raw. Showing off?