Without knowledgable help you can get into a lot of trouble with a bench shirt.
Seek out experienced lifters. Internet advice is no where near hands on help from experienced people.
[quote]scan7 wrote:
Without knowledgable help you can get into a lot of trouble with a bench shirt.
Seek out experienced lifters. Internet advice is no where near hands on help from experienced people.[/quote]
How so?
[quote]naughtybox wrote:
scan7 wrote:
Without knowledgable help you can get into a lot of trouble with a bench shirt.
Seek out experienced lifters. Internet advice is no where near hands on help from experienced people.
How so?[/quote]
If you put it on wrong, or try to lower the bar to the wrong spot then you seriously run the risk of dumping backwards onto your face. Amognst other things. I’ve seen this happen with guys a million times more experienced than I. All my shirt experience is from watching others and listening to them.
Btw another lifter pointed out to me that using baby powder is actually a terrible idea beccause it will still allow the shirt to move even after you’ve got it set. Which is obviously bad!!
could somebody please enlighten me on the use of bench shirts?
from what i’ve gathered it stores energy in the fibers (or somewhere) and helps with the concentric movement?
[quote]Hanley wrote:
If you put it on wrong, or try to lower the bar to the wrong spot then you seriously run the risk of dumping backwards onto your face. Amognst other things. I’ve seen this happen with guys a million times more experienced than I. All my shirt experience is from watching others and listening to them.
Btw another lifter pointed out to me that using baby powder is actually a terrible idea beccause it will still allow the shirt to move even after you’ve got it set. Which is obviously bad!![/quote]
I have read some other posts about similar things and I plan on performing under my 1RM first along with have a spotter guideing the bar until I get used to the feel and see if the shirt needs any sort of adjusting.
[quote]naughtybox wrote:
Hanley wrote:
If you put it on wrong, or try to lower the bar to the wrong spot then you seriously run the risk of dumping backwards onto your face. Amognst other things. I’ve seen this happen with guys a million times more experienced than I. All my shirt experience is from watching others and listening to them.
Btw another lifter pointed out to me that using baby powder is actually a terrible idea beccause it will still allow the shirt to move even after you’ve got it set. Which is obviously bad!!
I have read some other posts about similar things and I plan on performing under my 1RM first along with have a spotter guideing the bar until I get used to the feel and see if the shirt needs any sort of adjusting.[/quote]
Dude you need 3. 1 lift off guy and one either side. Don’t go fucking about in uncharted territory. Go to any meet and you’ll see guys lose the bar backwards on first, second and thrid attempts, only to be saved by the side spotters, not the back guy (and please, I know he has to step away so the judge can call before anyone says it).
One guy behind isn’t gonna do much to control a free falling bar. It’s such a disadvantageous leverage position to be in, safety first.
I didn’t think about that. I see now that your actually describing the bar actually at a free fall basically because the bar goes into a position that can no longer be pushed at all by the bencher.
I’ll try to make 3 friends by the time I get the shirt. But seriously I know what you mean, I’ll have a 3 spot for my bench attemps with the shirt.