10/20 Me Bench - shirt testing

**musc2002pa** · 10-20-2002, 07:15 PM

Well, I have been testing out some Karin denims. I tried the open back today. Its a great shirt, but I need to make a few adjusments. Its too tight. I need it a little looser so I can get my shoulder blades squeezed together. Other than that this shirt feels pretty good. I didn't do as well as I had planned, but I am finally learning how I need to set up my shirt.

Bench - Karin Double Denim Open Back
135/10, 225/3, 275/3, 315/3
365/2
405/1
430/1

I tried 455 4x. This first time I miss grooved and missed. The second one is here
455/1. Didnt touch but I locked it out. I still couldnt get tight. Doing it without the belt let me get a little tighter.
455/miss x 2 I missed the last 2 for the same reasons as above. Here I was trying to adjust the shirt some to see if that help.

Thats it. Will do some light tris and stuff tonight.

**IrishPower** · 10-20-2002, 09:29 PM

chad you should try doing some reps in the shirt ala Dicenzo.

You will eventually learn to touch!

**musc2002pa** · 10-20-2002, 10:02 PM

Irish, once I get the shirt fitted like I need it, that will be my plan. I don't know if you saw my Q and A's with Vincent over at Gisbons or not.

The shirt is too tight physically for me to get my shoulder blades squeezed together so I could get set up. Vinnie told me to really force against the shirt to get them back. I tried and tried today, and I couldn't get them squeezed together like i like. However, I was able to get tighter than I did in the closed back Karin.

I think once I get set up good, the 455 would fly up no problem. Vinnie said he thought I should be able to get each weight about 1" lower than I did. I am going to talk to Karin tomorrow and see what she says. I am going to leave this shirt as is. I have 2 other Karins to fuck with. I actually think I am going to return my Inzer and get my 190 bucks back!

**Cubanito17** · 10-21-2002, 03:52 PM

Did you lockout the weight ALL 4 times???

Damn way to go bro. Too bad you got shirt probs.

**musc2002pa** · 10-21-2002, 04:06 PM

Cubanito,
I only locked it out once..but I really only tried once. The other times I knew I was not in the right groove or not tight enough, so I had my spotter grab it.

I am working on alleviating these shirt problems. I should have it dialed in soon.