Blast Your Bench Press Into Orbit By K-mo on - Updated Oct 15, 2011
Did you ever think you could add 100+ pounds to your bench press by just putting on a shirt? Did you think all bench press shirts were created equally? The Titan Katana is the absolute best single ply (layer) polyester bench press shirt I have ever used. For those who are unfamiliar with a bench shirt; it is an extremely tight fitting shirt that is made out of a stiff, heavy material. When you lower the bar it will stretch the shirt material and when you press the material wants to return to its original shape so you get a lot more power out of the bottom portion of the bench press. I bench press around 430Lbs raw, the first time I used this shirt I got 575Lbs down about halfway to my chest and it blew right back up. This shirt is recommended only for advanced lifters that have used a bench press shirt previously. Most likely the first time you use this shirt you will not be able to touch your chest with the bar as the shirt material will sbe too stiff. It took me about 3 weeks to fully break in my shirt. I couldn't touch my chest with almost 150 pounds more than my raw max in this shirt for the first few weeks, that's how strong the new Titan NGX+ material is. The material almost is like kevlar, this shirt is a bench presser's suit of armour. So when you are ready to go to war on the powerlifting platform make sure you have the strongest bench shirt available, the Titan Katana.
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Titan Support Systems Titan Katana Bench Press Shirt Purchased at: Titansupport.com Price: $120
I was thinking ... if more of us had a shirt like this, we may not overeat during the holidays. Just put on this 100 pound shirt before eating and I bet we'd only go for the salads and veggies. :) I had never seen one of these before but also sounds like what they wore under the Knight's jousting gear. This is a really neat shirt - thanks for the review.
That's really cool! I haven't heard of anything like this before. I can see that it obviously allows you to bench more weight, but I wonder if it gives you a better workout than just going raw.
With the bench shirt its not really about getting a better workout because lifting in a shirt and lifting raw are 2 completely different types of training. When lifting with the shirt you focus almost fully on the top portion of the bench press because the shirt gives you so much power right off the chest,you just need great lockout power. With raw lifting you need power through the entire lift. Some people put a lot more weight on their raw bench press by training in a shirt and some go down in weight. It all depends on how your body responds, but you'll never know if you don't try.