[quote]mrodock wrote:
[quote]burt128 wrote:
[quote]mrodock wrote:
[quote]burt128 wrote:
Re your gear, I’d strongly encourage you to try Titan. I still have my very first Titan squat suit and bench shirt, both of which are now 6+ years old. No runs in the suit and USAPL Nationals last year was the first time they wouldn’t let me use my bench shirt due to some runs. I’ve used the bench shirt a good bit more than the suit, so this doesn’t surprise me.
As far as fit goes, I’ve found that I can get away with buying stock squat suits but need custom bench shirts. I like the arms on my shirts pretty tight, gives more carryover through to the top. The Titan gear isn’t rebound gear like the Inzer stuff, but it still gives great pop out of the hole and off the chest.[/quote]
My handler was telling me that the Inzer Hardcore squat suit is absolute hell on your legs, and since I want to use it regularly I’m leaning toward not using that. Pretty impressive that you were able to use the Titan gear for that long and not have runs. The single most important factor for me in a squat suit is that it explodes out of the hole. This is definitely my weakness in the squat which I’m certainly going to work on addressing.
One other thought, I saw a Metal King V-type absolutely explode on a 220 lifter squatting something around 650. I’m sure every type of squat suit has exploded, but as tight as I wear my squat suits, and SEEING it happen with the Metal I am leaning toward switching brands.[/quote]
The Titan won’t explode and it gives great pop out of the hole. I wear them tight too – a size 42 at a full 242 (I cut about 4-5 pounds to make weight and the 42 is a competition fit size for a 220 lifter). The vast majority of top USAPL and IPF lifters wear Titan. There’s a reason for that – it truly is the best single ply gear out there.[/quote]
Alright, I’m convinced, I’ll just have to figure out how damn tight to order, probably a 38. Do you know if the newest suit is the best or if an older suit is considered better? I know Belyaev and some other Russian lifters use an older model Titan squat suit still.
Sounds as though you are a very experienced lifter, any technical suggestions for my lifts?[/quote]
I like the newest version of the squat suit. Just give yourself enough time to work with it as I had a tough time hitting depth with the weight I wanted to use as an opener.
Your squat and deadlift look flawless to me, you have better technique than I do. On your bench, it is tough to tell where your technical flaws may be (if any) due to the angle and quality of the video. I would say that your bench would probably benefit from some lockout work (I’m sure you know this already).
It might also benefit from a shirt with much tighter arms. I have a custom katana and the arms were a little big on me when I first got it. I hated it, so I threw it in my closet for 6 months and didn’t use it. When I finally tried it again, the arms were much tighter since I’d gained some size.
It was a totally different shirt – the tightness in the arms carried me through to lockout much, much better. It looks like you’re missing your bench at the transition point where your tris kick in. I think tighter sleeves may help with that.
Good luck on your goal to qualify for Nationals. I lifted in my first one last year and it was a blast. I barely qualified but still decided to go and I was very glad I did.