# finally benched 700lbs... **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 21, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241 "2009-07-21T16:43:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 15
**Author:** ![06se-r](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/0/c5a1d2/32.png) [@06se-r](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/06se-r)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2009, 11:40am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241/15 "2009-07-22T11:40:31Z")
> [@beat90tsi"](#): > > Wow, nice job, congrats man. > > What does one of these shirts look like? I’m guessing it’s for support for your shoulders or something? thanks everyone for the conrats… the bench shirt is a very tight custom fitted shirt that allows you to bench a lot more weight…it keeps your shoulders so tight, you can not lower them, you have to walk like a zombie, your arms can not go down, they just stick striaght ahead of your torso…so when you lay down to bench, it keeps your arms and shouldrs in the power grove, so you can bench more weight… i can not even get 425lbs. to touch my chest with the shirt on, it justs sits there half way, wont come down, thats how tight they can be… > [@RIP MARIO \*SHOWTIME69\*](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/rip-mario-showtime69/40655/90): > > Congrats, that is some serious weight. I am not much of a power lifter, but I would like to see 4 plates on each side in the somewhat near future. go to ballys with me for 4 sessions of chest workouts, and i will put 25lbs. on your max, guarenteed… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/finally-benched-700lbs/203241)._