kennelly hits 585x2 and 405x20 for easy reps totally raw. anyone trying to claim he's not a fucking powerhouse is retarded.
the shirts are a part of the sport. period. yammering on a message board won't make them go away. they aren't cheating, because to be cheating implies that you have them but other people don't and you're not allowed to in the first place. it's like saying shoes are cheating for sprinters.
so you can do one of two things. you can do what ryan is doing and just compete and break a world record, or you can sit around bitching and moaning. you can compete raw if you'd like, but when you do nothing but cry about the other guys, it just smacks of bitter jealousy.
ryan's 1036 is the strongest shirted bench anyone has ever done. he is the strongest.