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March 06, 2025
Equipped lifting
Adam Hindle - EliteFTS UK
Equipped powerlifting, what is it? Many diehard old lifters, myself included, will tell you it’s ‘proper lifting’. Are we dinosaurs and sad old broken fucks that refuse to let go of the glory days? Probably. But equipped lifting whether you are talking single, multi or the new kid unlimited, is just powerlifting. We wear supportive compressive gear comprised of (generally) poly material in layers from 1-as many as you want (I have heard rumour of an american company that have made 6 ply briefs). Believe it or not there is a lot of science behind the super tight constrictive pants and baby grows that you see fat guys with red faces and c-pap mask scars sweating themselves into at meets.
The kit itself- Suits and shirts are MOSTLY made of layers of material with a slight stretch (usually polyester, elastane and whatever man made fibres work). As mentioned they provide