Technology improves everything. Washing machines replaced the washboard, cars replaced horses, etc...
Why do people hate PL gear so much? That's like saying "I hate cars, so I'm walking."
Learn to live with it.
Technology improves everything? Horses to cars is a necessary transition. Washing machines make life easier. I don't think bench shirts, squat suites etc. are a horrible invention either.... If you look at my first post you will see that's not the argument.
I don't like geared lifters feeling like they are standing on the same level as the the record breakers from RAW competitions (old or new) If you dig lifting with gear that's great. I just don't want to see guys totalling 2000+ in gear thinking they are right up with there with the greats of yesterday or today who competed RAW. Not every sport must evolve. Olympic weightlifting has not changed much for a hundred years or so.
Lets look at Barry Bonds. Is he at an advantage because of his AAS use? Yes. Hank Aaron's record is amazing and always will be. Barry Bonds is also amazing but his record will most likely be tarnished because of AAS. What if Barry Bonds was the all time homerun record holder but used aluminum bats? His record would most definitely include an *. Aluminum bats are an evolution in baseball...yet banned from the Major League's. Why?
Geared guys get real sensitive when you walk this line.....yes the guys of today are strong (no doubt) but, WTF ever happened to just you and the iron? Isn't there something satisfying about setting yourself on the bench, digging in, gripping the shit out of the bar and lowering it to your chest, pausing and pressing it back up....knowing that it was
all you, no carryover? No barriers, no geared training, just you and the iron. I guess some of us just don't want to "evolve".