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Titan Velocity Deadlift suit Reviews
Bill Helmich
FiveTime Master 3 World Champion (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,2008)
Current IPF Master 3 World record holder bench (413 lb), former (2008) IPF World Record Holder - Deadlift (620 lb) ,242lb class - Sumo
I warmed up raw up to 500 x 2 and then put the suit on. It is a stock size 42 sumo and fit tight but not competition tight (but close). The legs are tight without any stretch and there is some give in the hips. If you sit back into it like you were squatting you can get about halfway down before the suit stops you - much like the Dual Quad. The chest panel is definitely high and it does affect breathing. The sides and back are cut like a squat suit and feel similar to the Dual Quad also. The difference between the squat suit and the Velocity is in the chest panel (higher) and in the hips (somewhat more give).
I jumped in weight to 590 for my first pull with the suit. It was difficult to reach the bar on the first attempt. I could barely touch it with my fingertips at first try. I grabbed it with my left hand and pulled myself into the bar and was able then to grab with both hands. (It became somewhat easier on successive tries to grab the bar). You have to sit back into the suit just like a squat suit to load it. You have to force the suit to stay in your correct grove. The suit will tend to push you forward and over the bar and you need to counteract this effect and force the suit rather than letting the suit force you. On my first attempt with 590, I felt that I had a lot of speed coming off the floor - more than I have felt with any other prior deadlift suit. The suit does not aid in the lockout (but then again no suit does). So although it assists in coming off the floor and through the mid range, you will need to train the final lockout to insure that shoulders and hips are locked out.
I then jumped the weight to 640 for a second attempt. This is 12-15 pounds over the IPF world record and in hindsight I probably should not have done this. I didn't set up correctly and let the suit push me over the bar and when I started the pull , I was over it in front and the weight was too far out from my shins. I was too impatient and hyped up to catch the errors in technique. I got the pull about halfway up but because I was too far over and the weight too far out it became essentially a straight leg deadlift. In hindsight, I needed to force the suit to the correct grove and it would have been a good pull. Even at 640, I still felt that I had lots of speed off the floor. With the wrong grove, you cannot muscle it out in sumo. Summary - lots of speed and pop off the floor. Very technique dependent and technique critical. Make sure you have your shoulders back and that you do not get over the bar. Chest needs to be high and you must look up.
Bill Helmich
Mike Adelmann
Owner Liftinglarge.com - Best deadlift 727lb
Suit used: Velocity 48 conventional. Bodyweight 275
I have pulled both sumo and conventional through my 20+ year powerlifting career. We have had a lot of requests for a review of the new Velocity conventional suit. I picked a size 48 to give a try. It was not super tight but snug and went on fairly easy with suit slip-ons. Straps were snug but not overly tight. I have tried numerous deadlift suits to over the years to pull conventional but nothing has really overly impressed me as it was always hard to set your hips. It was always fairly easy pulling sumo but conventional was always harder with a suit to get set and tight. I worked my way up to 555lbs for a double with the straps up. I was very surprised with the amount of pop off the floor especially from a suit designed for a conventional puller. The front panel is cut very high but very low on the side and back. Breathing was not an issue. Getting set at the bar was easier due to the fact of the mixed materials in the suit. It stretched where it needed to and was rigid in other parts of the suit. Over all impression: I am excited about the possibility of pulling some big numbers in this suit!
Teale Adelmann
Owner Liftinglarge.com
Deadlifting has never been my forte. I started full powerlifting in 2002 using a Titan Centurion NXG+ squat suit. I deadlift sumo style and my best deadlift was 358lbs. in the 123lb weight class.
During an 8 week training cycle I deadlifted unequipped once a week for 6 weeks, while training for the USAPL Bench Nationals meet, to build some back strength for benching. The weekend after the USAPL meet, I decided to deadlift (and bench) in the NASA Regional meet. I put on a custom Velocity sumo deadlift suit (with aplix straps) (that I had only tried on once before) and had an awesome meet day ending with a 380lb. deadlift. I set a personal record and an American record in the 123lb. weight class.
The Velocity suit fit me like a "meet fit". It was tight the legs, and snug in the hips. Definitely not painful to wear and took just several minutes to put on (with suit slip-ons of course). The aplix straps were new to me and actually never had seen them on a suit before now. I liked that the tightness could be adjusted easily by moving the straps. The aplix application was strong and didn't budge once applied. My friends know that my downfall in deadlifting is my lack of explosion from the bottom. My deadlifts would always take seconds to get off the floor, and once i hit about shin height, the bar would accelerate until I reached the top. With the new Velocity suit, there was no hesitation at the bottom. The bar accelerated quickly and smoothly from start to finish at each attempt. At no point did I feel like it was slow off the bottom or that I was going to have a problem finishing the lift. The suit was easy to breath in, flexible enough to get down to the bar and resistant enough to give my deadlift unbelievable acceleration from the start of the lift.
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