I am really pleased to see that your special bench press bar was there. I would hate to see you miss another workout. Remember Jon.. It is the size of the arm that counts.
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I've had mine for 2+ years and its held its shape well, personally I like it best without a belt. Pretty forgiving shirt with lots of pop, easy to touch but not as supportive as a Katana...I'm getting a Rage X in in a few days so I should be able to give you a better comparison then.
Good session today, has been awhile since I did anything remotely heavy with raw beltless squats, I didn't have any PR's written down but 195 for 4 flew up so I'm pretty happy with that...technique is really starting to click. Bench press felt great today, I've never worked this close to 300 for reps. All the assistance work felt fast and easy today.
Did a kettlebell workshop today, 3 hours of swings, presses, c&j, snatches, flips, squats, deadlifts and just about everything else, used a 18 or 24kg KB for everything. Not a lot of weight but enough reps that I'll likely be a little sore tomorrow.
-- Edited by Jonathan Stewart at 02:10, 2009-02-11
First time using these shirts, two Rage X's one with the old material one with the new. Consensis, they suck...not even worthy of a second change...consider them for sale. Lower back felt fried today, just followed Evan on some liht raw deadlifts.
Squats felt slower then usual, bench was soso. First day of my 5 week peak cycle for Nationals, Evan and I are doing the same prog. so we'll see how it works.
-- Edited by Jonathan Stewart at 08:29, 2009-02-25
-- Edited by Jonathan Stewart at 08:30, 2009-02-25
Yeah that makes sense. I got the shorter bands in, which is why I was confused that you ran your band under the rack. That must be the 42" band, I got the 21". I wish I had an ER rack like that to use.
Pretty good session today, felt good to be in a Katana again and it wasn't to bad touching. I experimented with not wearing a belt and the shirt was all over the place and did a lot of biting so I'll throw something on next week, all reps felt easy though. Deadlifts felt like a break, everything was fast and easy. Triceps were absolutly dead by the time I hit medium grip three boards.