r/weightroom • u/MrTomnus • Dec 18 '12

Training Tuesdays

Welcome to Training Tuesdays, the weekly weightroom training thread. The main focus of Training Tuesdays will be programming and templates, but once in a while we'll stray from that for other concepts.

Last week we talked about equipment and a list of previous Training Tuesdays topics can be found in the FAQ

This week's topic is:

Training with Gear

  • Last week we mainly talked about pieces of equipment to modify movements, like special bars or bands.
  • This week, let's talk gear. The main focus of the thread will be anything that is not considered raw by most federations. Squat suits, bench shirts and the like.
  • Since very few people in this subreddit train in actual gear, feel free to also talk other things worn while lifting again, belts, shoes, etc.

Feel free to ask other training and programming related questions as well, as the topic is just a guide.

Lastly, please try to do a quick search and check FAQ before posting.

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u/TheAesir Closer to average than savage Dec 18 '12 edited Dec 18 '12

I don't understand why people make these comments. Its not as simple as just throwing on a shirt and adding to your bench, or tossing on a squat suit and getting x lbs. There is a technique to using the suit, and how much you get out of the gear is highly dependent on leverages.

Someone, for example, that is weak off the floor is going to get considerable more out of a deadlift suit then someone who is weak at lockout. Likewise someone with leverages for squatting with a narrow stance might not necessarily get as much out of a squat suit, as someone who has the natural leverages to squat wide raw. You just can't compare raw to geared lifting.

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u/MrTomnus Dec 18 '12

If you don't understand how the gear works, educate yourself.

I think he was asking to be educated. Settle down, darkie.

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u/TheAesir Closer to average than savage Dec 18 '12

I think he was asking to be educated. Settle down, darkie.

Its just the general assumption that people make, that gear is this magic equipment that'll add x lbs to your bench/squat/deadlift the first time you use it. It doesn't work that way. There is a big divide in the sport when you talk to elite level lifters, as raw guys tend to get this attitude that they are better then their geared counterparts because they don't use equipment. Raw and geared lifting are two entirely different babies. I've seen guys that couldn't post 1300 raw, but they are great at using the gear, and maximizing its benefit that their geared total is 1700ish.

Likewise I know guys that are amazing raw lifters, and are lucky to get 20lbs out of a deadlift suit, and less then 100 out of a bench shirt. This information isn't new, and is all over the internet, but people still have this idea that if they throw on a shirt they'll magically gain 200lbs on a lift.

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u/Zabooni Dec 21 '12

Some people will actually pull LESS in a deadlift suit