yeti
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Some feds are way worse than others like the Squat Pass Federation. Others are much more strict. Having equipment on isn't an excuse not to hit depth.
As for the shirt. I have tooled around in a single ply bench shirt that SFG hooked me up with. It was brutal. It is its own sport. The technical ability far outweighs the requirement for strength, although you need both. I swore the shirt was trying to kill me. Only 365 on it and I couldn't get it to touch. Finally did and it was like my head was gonna pop off. I turned purple! The scariest part though is you tend to miss a lift in one of two ways. You either dump it in your lab and break your spine like Gene Rychlak Jr. did (you can see Gene in the vid of Vinnie you posted. He is the judge in the back with the blonde crazy hair and ugly mug). Or you press up, triceps give way and it turns into a 900lb skull crusher that literally crushes your skull.
WTF dude. I heard about a guy's spleen or something rupturing because he dumped a bench into his lap. UGH.... that shit is just terrifying to hear man. (then again... it's not like raw is any safer... ie lilly. Poor guy).
Yeah I'd imagine you couldn't even breathe that well... I hear all the lats for benching came into play with the bench shirts, as touching and locking out are the hardest parts of geared benching.
You know, I wish they'd change the rules of geared meets to be in power racks instead of monolifts and competition benches. There are powerracks with monolifts inside them and the safety bars would do wonders for the safety of the competitors.