vids from UPA ASC bench press championships

[kite]

TweetBill Carpenter has created a couple of video montages of the benching action at Saturday's UPA Advanced Strength Concepts Bench Press Championships.

220 pound class and under
https://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...t=b45aa835.flv

242 pound weight class and over
https://s96.photobucket.com/albums/l1...t=7cb304ab.flv

[Rolsroyce]

TweetI know that PL's use those shirts and all this assistance but wouldnt the sport be better if all the guys used their own muscles to lift the weights?

[kite]

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I know that PL's use those shirts and all this assistance but wouldnt the sport be better if all the guys used their own muscles to lift the weights?

It's actually two different types of training. For comepeting equipped (with shirts, briefs, etc...) you're training for strength but at the same time it gets very technical. These types of lifters aren't only strong, but excellent technicians as well. Now you've got some who rely too heavily on the gear to do the work for them but they never amount to much at all, you have to be strong raw in order to be strong in pl gear. What most people who haven't trained in gear don't realize is that you aren't gonna put a bench shirt on and instantly add 100+ to your bench press. It takes alot of work on technique and strength.
Take for example Joe Mazza, he hit 633 @ 165 in a shirt and does 425 raw at the same weight. Now he's getting 200+ out of his shirt but he's obviously strong either way. Same with many others, like Scot Mendelson who's done 1008 in a shirt and 715 raw.
Powerlifting gear vs. raw is pretty much the same argument as natural vs. chemically enhanced.

[Rolsroyce]

Tweetthanks Kite, good post buddy