Open just means any age which is the toughest class. and raw yes means not bench shirt or belt or anything assisting the lift in a sense
From experience practice pausing when the weight hits your chest, if they see the slightest bounce they wont count it.
I practice in a rack i set the safety bars so the barbell rests on the stops in the rack about 1" off my chest and I just practice blasting from off the rack. really helps your push.
Some days I load on more weight than I can handle and just practice bringing it down as slow as I can as the weight is over powering to me, and I have a spotter to help me pull it back up because I couldnt do it myself ( again I am well over my max as to what I could push on my own) this is just for practice and working certain spots, negative / positive.
Also look into lock outs, i do alot of those.
good luck bro!
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