What is Raw Bench Press?

I actually didn’t know the difference between a raw bench press and a shirted bench press up until this year. I just never thought about doing anything but a regular bench. It turns out that raw bench press is just a traditional bench press, unassisted. The alternatives are many, but primarily a non-raw bench press consists of lifting with a “shirt”. The shirt is designed to help bench pressers lift very heavy weight.
Shirts are so tight that they actually require a tremendous amount of force to even bring your arms down. When you’re lifting the …read more