My Fury-ous Review

[bigokie]

Well today was supposed to be speed day, but since I hadn't tried my shirt out yet I decided to make it an ME day. So I went in and got real warmed up waiting on my friend who was gonna help me get it on.

First I will say that when I first received the shirt I was not impressed. It took over 4 weeks to get and then I thought the sleeves were too small. So I was a little biased when I took it in today to try out.

Well I will tell everyone here right now that this shirt is AWESOME! This is my first shirt that I've ever gotten, I have tried on some of Screwballs and Benchs, but none of them were ever a perfect fit. So heres how the workout went.

I decided to use a 3 board to see what would touch. So with my friends help I wriggled into it. It took maybe 30 seconds, if that. When you put it on, put both sleeves thru the openings then put your head thru. Then have someone pull it down. The arms are very tight! Mine is a supposed to be a meet fit and if it is, the comp fit must be unbelievably tight.

225 on the bar: The bar dropped about an inch!
315: The bar came down just a little more
365: Still was nowhere near a 3 board
405: almost down to 3 board, about 2-3 inches from it
455: touched barely, I pulled the shirt down about an inch and cinched the belt on tight to hold it. This is the best I've ever done on this exercise, by far. My previous best was a close miss at 365 on a 3 board, couldn't get it off the board. I was incredibly happy with the performance of this shirt. Next time I will know what to start with so I won't wear myself out. And next time 495 will go up. I locked out the 455 by myself, the spotter did not help, which really made me happy since I didn't know where my lockout was really at.

If you think that I'm happy with the shirt, that's because I am! As you can see it added over 100 to my 3 board. Not sure exactly how much.

Another thing that really impressed me with this shirt was the pop it gave off the boards. I had a pretty good pause on the boards, and then when I shoved it up, the bar went above where a 5 board was. So basically with this shirt if your speed is good and you 5 board is strong, you'll bench a ton!

After this I did 5 board with blues choked. I worked up to 225x2x3, 275x2, 315x1, and 365x1. I did these shirtless. Then did light shoulder presses and hammer curls.

Things to consider when getting one of these:

-Give exact measurements!(and remember that the arm measurement is flexed)

-Make sure the tape is tight around your arms and chest

-Order plenty early so the shirt will get there in time for you to work with it and learn it. They say 3 weeks, but I would give them 5 to be safe!

-This shirt is awesome because it didn't seem to want to pull me out of my groove. I have tried on other peoples denim and it always wanted me to go the wrong way.

-Wear a belt to hold the shirt down. This shirt really seems to want to ride up. and if it does it will pull you out of your groove.

Well hope this helps people decide whether or not they want to get one. By the way, the Boss shirt will be coming out in 8-12 weeks and I'm on the waiting list already!!!!!!!!

Be safe and train hard......Later

 

[Deciever1]

good god, 455 to a 3 board? 100 lb PR???

i think im in love (with the shirt that is) .. now to go make my triceps outrageously strong so i have good use for it.

Care to say what aspects of the shirt you like?
like the ease it went on, the design, how it feels when your lowering it(like cutting) ... i really wanna know as much as i can about the shirt.

 

[Hannibal]

Okie...did the shirt seem to pull your shoulders together? The reason I ask is that Spatts tried her shirt today and it took us 20 minutes to get it on. And we didn't get the arms up far enough I don't think. It was REALLY narrow through the shoulders. And she couldn't get 221 to touch a 3 Board...not sure how much she was pulling. Just wondering what the FEEL was of the shirt. You seemed to get yours on ALOT EASIER than she did. She has an AWESOME LOCKOUT and I want to take advantage of it if we can. I don't want to send the shirt back as being too tight if we can figure how to make it work. She is just going to get stronger between now and December.

I will say that as tight as that son of a bitch was on her...she only got on "zebra stripe" and it was at the pec tie-in. Nothing on the back of her shoulders or armpits.

 

[bigokie]

Dec, well I liked everything about the shirt except for the wait to get it. Well I really didn't feel the cutting until I took the shirt off and saw that the inside of my tri's looked like someone took barbed wire to it. It's awesome that it goes on so easy and still gives you so much.

Hannibal, if it didn't even mark her it is just right, possibly a little loose! My arms look like shit, it didn't hurt real bad while using it but afterwards it stung a bit. Make sure that she puts both arms in then gets the rest on. In the pic you showed she only had one arm all the way in and was trying to get it on from there. I don't believe it will ever happen if you go about it like that. Put both arms in, put your head thru, pull it down. EASY!

Good fucking luck pulling against it though, if it's tight enough you'll just have to figure out what weight to use and let the weight touch by itself. I think mine will take over 5 to touch. We will see next week when bench shows up to help. With more motivation, my hat and better music 500 will go up!!!!!

Guys work on your 5 board and reverse grip board presses and you'll like the results with the shirt.

 

[bigokie]

Hannibal, sorry forgot to answer your last question. Hell yes it pulled my shoulders together. When I got it on and relaxed my arms were sticking straight out, no shit. I was relaxed and my arms wouldn't even come down an inch. Be sure to wear a belt to hold it down. Later

 

[Hannibal]

Okie...yeah that pic of her, was her putting it on by herself. When she got over here Project and I got the sleeves up as high as we could get them...and then pulled the neck over as fast as we could.

Let me ask you this...was the material flush against your chest? I think what happened was that we didnt get the arms up far enough...there was a lot of space between the shirt and her chest...so it REALLY pulled her shoulders together.

We are going to try it again on Wednesday. And I think you are right...going to have to let the weight do the lowering. Her lockout is blowing up...if we can just get this shirt to work she will be even more of a FORCE. Wednesday we are going to try to get the arms up as high as we can before we pull the neck over...think that is where we made the mistake. Might even do a board "progression" add weight and reduce the boards...till we see what it takes to touch 2 boards. If this is the shirt for her that will be a good way to break it in.

I think the problem is that they only take Chest and Bicep measurements. They don't take shoulders into account. And Spatts has very broad shoulders, relative to the rest of her. However, I still think this might wind up being the right shirt for her...with a little more work.

However...after seeing what it took to get that shirt on her. I love my open back denim (that I can almost get on by myself) that much more.

 

[Vulgar_Display_Of_Power]

FXcking shit BigOkie!!

Man-I was impressed with what you got out of Screwballs Titan, Im fxcking jealous what your getting out of yours. I thought a denim would be my next shirt, now I've about changed my mind.

Jesus, I better hurry up and get one before everyone in the OkieCrew leaves me far behind on the 500lbs bench quest.

Hell at this rate, ya'll might squeeze Benchmonsters son(Piss-maybe even one of the girls) into a Fury and blow me away! Now I gotta play some SERIOUS catch up. Just when I thought I was getting somewhere!

Honestly man Im freakin glad you found one that works for you-Now, go and tear that 500 the F' up!

Later..

 

[bigokie]

Well, Hannibal the material did not even come close to my chest. I am very broad shouldered for the size of my chest. I would suggest not trying to get the sleeves on as far as possible. To get it on, just slide the sleeves up until they are a few inches past the wrists, then put your head thru. This allows you to do it easier with less pain, which is good! If you try to get the sleeves up as far as possible before putting your head thru it will be very uncomfortable for her neck and back. Then when someone is pulling it down, tell her to try to spread her arms like doing a rear delt raise standing up straight. This allows it to slide down and it seems to work better. The distance between sleeves on the front of my shirt is probably 4" or less, so as you can see my arms are pointing straight forward. When I got down to bench I got my left arm on the bar and then had to slingshot my right arm over to get it to grip on the bar at the right spot. But after wearing it for a few attempts it slid on a little farther and was able to get my hands on the bar very easily.

Try this before you send the shirt back. It sounds like it is about right for her. If she can lock out what it will take to touch.

 

[Vulgar_Display_Of_Power]

OOPS- One more thing...

have you and Screwball thought about the MadDog Meet? Sept 14th in Muskogee. The Crew should come out in full force for this one!


BTW-What color did yours come in?


Later..

 

[Hannibal]

Try this before you send the shirt back. It sounds like it is about right for her. If she can lock out what it will take to touch.

This is why I was looking forward to your Fury-ous review. I agree with you...I think this is the shirt for her. In case you missed it on the Asylum Numbers thread....SHE LOCKED OUT 403 today. I think if she can get 300 to touch she will fuckin blow it away. And thats before running through any band bench phase.

This is the first time she has ever had a bench shirt that even remotely was sized for her. And she only took 2 weights or so. Wednesday we will do it a little different. And find out what it is going to take to touch. If it is something that she will be able to press in a few months then its the right shirt.

Thanks for the help brotha....