If you compete in gear, you should train in gear, even if it's a small percentage of each training cycle.
I learned this the hard way. 425 raw, 475 in a Rage b/c I put it on for the first time at the meet. I train alone most of the time so training in gear wasn't an option at the time. I also dumped 425 on my lap b/c I jacked the shirt too much and couldn't get it to touch the first time. It sucks going to a meet and seeing guys that raw bench 315 hitting 500+ and you can't.
If you ask the guys who compete at the top, they are all going to tell you to train in gear.
You don't always have to go full range in a shirt, but lifting raw and geared are 180 degrees from each other. I watched Kroc and Justin Harris train together and it was insane. I have some video somewhere that I will upload when I find it. They warmed up raw, then moved to geared. Some full range but not touching and a lot of board work. Then they had a contest to see who could do the most bodyweight dips in a row lmao.
Kroc is fucking scary when he trains. One second he's normal and then he just freaks the fuck out and you get scared that he's going to try to kill someone lmao.
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