Bench shirt
Tight supportive shirt worn in equipped powerlifting to add to a bench press
A shirt of polyester or denim cut so tight that getting into one is often a two-person job. It stores energy at the bottom of a bench press and returns it on the drive, which adds a great deal to a competition lift. Powerlifting federations run raw and equipped divisions separately because of it. Touching the chest in one takes practice, so lifters keep a looser training shirt alongside the tight meet shirt.
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- Greg DoucetteDoes it
Coach and IFBB pro · Harder Than Last Time
Through his powerlifting years he lifted raw until it was time to peak. A loose bench shirt came out about a month before a meet for his heaviest set, then a tight one for a couple of sessions right before it, and afterwards he went back to raw. Shirts are cheating, he said, but fair once everyone is doing it.
Source: Critical Bench: Interview With Powerlifter Greg Doucette
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