What Is A Raw Bench Press
At rest an athlete walks around in the shirt sort of like frankenstein s monster because he she can t put his her arms down because of the strength of.
What is a raw bench press. It turns out that raw bench press is just a traditional bench press unassisted. A bench shirt is a stiff supportive shirt used to improve performance in the bench press most often in powerlifting competitions. The average weight most adult men and women can bench press depends on age fitness level and other factors. The difference between the two classifications boils down to this.
The shirt is designed to help bench pressers lift very heavy weight. Younger men are typically able to bench press more than older men and men in general. Just like my previous article building the raw squat i m going to go into great depths about what it takes to build the raw bench press also just like with the squat there is a plethora of information on this site to help you with the technical side of things so this will not be discussed in great lengths. The advent of bench press shirts which support the lifter s shoulders and provide upward force have increased records significantly since 1985 for example when the shirted record was.
Bench press world records are the international records in bench press across the years regardless of weight class or governing organization for bench pressing on the back without using a bridge technique. A bench press shirt does the same thing. Raw lifters shun the use of some or all supportive equipment such as weightlifting belts knee wraps bench press shirts and. The alternatives are many but primarily a non raw bench press consists of lifting with a shirt.
The extremely tight fit of a bench shirt supports the weightlifter s shoulders and deltoid muscles. I never completed in a powerlifting competition but might consider later on in life.