re: J. Bickham of Covington power lifting/RB

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Fill me in on the suits. I'm ignorant.

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....sure you are BIG Ed....

squat suits add up to 200lbs versus raw. 150 lbs increase on average.

Consider this:

Superheavyweight Ryan Kennelly, benched 1070 pounds (476.3 kg) on 4/13/08 at the APA West Coast Iron Wars held in Kennewick, Washington using a bench shirt. It is said that his “raw” max is less than 700 pounds.

Bench shirts are to "protect" shoulders, not the sternum.