Which is better, the titan series or the Rage X?

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Haha, yea everything is new to me.

I don't know where in the state you live, but if you're new to powerlifting and living in Connecticut, you should consider going to Southside Barbell in Milford. Check out EliteFTS for information. That gym is full of strong and knowledgeable folks.

Really, I had no idea southside was in CT, but yea I live in bethel.

Truth is they are pretty similar.

The RageX and the F6 are probably the closest match, with the Fury being a bit better for flatter archers and the Katana being a stiffer material.

As Matt said, you'll have to take them for a run to see what works best.

As a first shirt though, any of them will do fine.

if you are new to equipment, i would recommend using a titan fury because titan shirts aree a bit more forgiving and will teach you how to use a a shirt....if you can, get hand me downs of both and try them out, then decide for yourself

Lots of great info in this thread...

-Inzer is for sure better and more experienced in double ply and open back shirts.

-Titan is for most a better single ply closed back option.

-You need to train, get strong, then get some shirts and practice in the shirt. Yeah, practice! As Louie Simmons says, there is a shirt and a bottle of test on his dresser and they can't lift anything.

-Some folks do better in one shirt than the other. Sometimes changing gear can be a huge mental help. And sometimes it doesn't work.

Some other thoughts:

-Denim is great if you have great tricep strength but poly gives less pop of chest but more lockout help, although newer shirts like rage x and katanas make the difference much less of chest.

-My Katana takes about 50lbs more to touch than the same size (stock) F6. The F6 takes about 25lbs more than a same size Fury. Katana is a great shirt but has small margin of error. i open in an F6 and do second and third in a Katana.

-Titan stuff breaks in much faster but doesn't last as long as a meet shirt. Sleeves are smaller in comparable size Rage x.

jmo

Just because I'm curious, in a bench shirt do you actually have to PULL the bar down to your chest to go all the way down?

I just have no experience with it and would like to know.

Im not expirienced either, but from what Ive read on here that it is very difficult to get the weight down to your just, it even leaves cuts and bruises, but Im not sure if you PULL it.

What does everyone think is best: Inzer double Phenom or Inzer dbl denim?

Iv got a 42 single ply katana with a scooped neck. Im thinking that once I get it to touch (its a hell of a shirt) I will be looking at 100+ lbs of carryover out of it (400+ lbs). Definitely sold on these shirts and the amount of support through the entire lift is awesome.

I cant handle enough weight in it to be able to avoid pulling the bar down though, like I said, its a hell of a shirt.

100lbs out of a katana isn't great carryover. Its better then nothing, but I assure you once you learn the shirt you can get a whole lot more then that.

Ive used plenty of katanas and rage-xs. IMO

titan is ahead in the singleply gear

inzer has the slight nod in multiply. But its still close.

Rule of thumb on bench shirts:

Modern single poly's are equivalent in carryover to the double denim shirts.

Modern double poly's will generally exceed the performance of any denim.

Single poly--If you are at least 198 pounds and not getting at least 100 pounds carryover, you are not doing it right or the shirt doesn't fit. Good benchers in single poly should be able to get 200 pounds carryover.

I think that inzer rage x is just as good as the f6 and the fury. I have seen people get between 150-200 out of a stock rage x and people get less out of the titan stuff. I have used a phenom single ply and got around 100lbs out of the shirt but that is hard to do and the shirt doesn't last, don't buy a phenom. It is also my experience that the titans are harder to learn and less forgiving.

In the end the it comes down to finding the best shirt to fit your style of benching. Talk to some of the more knowledgeable people in your gym or go to south side.