caslow is a great lifter. but even he is training in gear weekly.
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Sunday is our squat and shirt bench day. We lift in our shirts every Sunday. To lift big weights in a shirt, you have to train in a shirt.
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The only way your going to get a better shirt bench is going to be doing lots of overloaded work, boards/bands/chains etc. What difference does it make if you are doing it while learning your gear - or doing it raw?
Very few powerlifers do much raw work of the full lifts if their goal is to get strong in gear. Even if it is harder on your body, thats what it takes to do good in it. Ive been using a bench shirt 1x per week for 6 or 7 months now and I still suck really badly in it. Squat gear ive been using almost weekly for about a year, and I still have tons to learn form wise in it. Its a never ending battle.