good luck in the comp. if its a local one that 450# should get you in the top three easy at 220#. I used to enter every bench contest around when I was 18-22, I tried a shirt and found it way to uncomfortable even though it added aprox.70# to my bench, so I never used it in comp. but let me tell you how great you feel when everyone else has one on and you bench in a tank top and still win, it feels incredible. just thought you might want to try that first 'cause like I said 450# at 220# in pretty damn good