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was it that you got weaker off the chest? or that your lockout got stronger, and that you werw conditioned to a heavier weight so your raw bench felt light but it just wouldnt go up?
unless your raw bench actually went backwards you were jist conditioned to the heavier weight n shit
was it that you got weaker off the chest? or that your lockout got stronger, and that you werw conditioned to a heavier weight so your raw bench felt light but it just wouldnt go up?
unless your raw bench actually went backwards you were jist conditioned to the heavier weight n shit
No it was definately weaker, as soon as I stopped using and went back to raw benching, off the chest was extremely slow and felt weak, with a slight muscle strain. Took me about 4 weeks to build the strength back up. My advise is if you use it, don't neglect full range benching like I did.
No it was definately weaker, as soon as I stopped using and went back to raw benching, off the chest was extremely slow and felt weak, with a slight muscle strain. Took me about 4 weeks to build the strength back up. My advise is if you use it, don't neglect full range benching like I did.
also if your getting a sling shot for overload you could also look into getting a ram or super ram from titan australia. i guess you could say its like the step between raw and full equipped. awesome for overloading lockout
I still want one.
I've tried the Ram before, 60kg bench flew up. Haven't tried a slingshot. Want to add an additional bench session but start looking at equipped benching, still trying to twist Trents arm.
I've got a Reactive (blue) and Original (red) slingshot. I barely use the original. The blue slingshot gets a little pop off the chest, a lot more pliable and easy to get on. A few friends have them too and I found they threw it on too early and never utilize full range raw work until I called them on it. I'd say anybody under a 1.5x bw bench would be fine with a Blue slingshot.
Doing most if not all your work sets raw first and then putting it on so you can get some overload work done seems to be the way to get the best of both worlds. If I plan on using it I'll work to 90-95% and then throw it on for a few lifts, or half of my sets with a heavier weight when doing dynamic work.
Doing most if not all your work sets raw first and then putting it on so you can get some overload work done seems to be the way to get the best of both worlds. If I plan on using it I'll work to 90-95% and then throw it on for a few lifts,
imo this would be the best way to benefit from it.
Useful for getting used to handling heavier weights as Trent says, but there's not much use being able to lock out 100kg if you can't get 70kg off your chest