Last Friday, I took the shirt to the gym for the first time. Workout #1 for the week. I can't say it was terribly successful. It was more painful and frustrating than successful.
We put the shirt on, and I tried 155. LOL it pretty much didn't move.
We put 225 on and tried again. I tried three times with 225 and the 4 board, and I could not get it to touch the 4 board.
I gave up on the shirt and then proceeded to do two terrible sets of bench press. I threw 160 on and barely got it for 4, and then I went down to 135 x 5, which felt heavy as shit. I think I made myself tired from struggling with the shirt.
When I lay on the bench and move my arms up to the bar, the whole shirt pulls up, no matter how tight down it is, the shirt lifts up, and the seam across the top ends up like on my chin. Then, the crinkle forms like right across the top of my boobs, which is where it seems the seam should be sitting. (It's the same crinkle as in the pics, but I start with the shirt flat and pulled down)
And then when I try to move the weight, the crinkle totally pulls super tight across my chest and cuts into the top of my boobs. It's painful lol....like too painful to move the shirt more than I did.
Last night, I did workout #2.
-board presses 2-board... 160 x 5, 165 x 5, 165 x 5, 170 x 4.
-close grips 3 sets 135 x 5
-tricep rope 3 sets x 6
Close grips are tough, I can't keep my arch very well and get all sort of out of whack with heavier weight, esp when I do them after the board presses. I managed to get the sets of 135 but it was a struggle.
I'm not giving up on the shirt, obviously, but I am fairly certain I am going to order the next size up and work with both of them.