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  • 20-12-2005 11:50am
    #1
    g'em
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    Just wondering what the general concensus is on wearing lifing belts to support the back. I hear two very different views on it in the gym- some say they really help to keep your back straight, others say they prevent the back from dveloping strength as they compensate so much. I tend not to use them but my lifts are getting pretty heavy and if I should be wearing one I kinda want to know :o

    What do y'all think??!?


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  • #2
    Dragan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    I never use a belt. Two reasons.

    1) If you can't like a weight with good form and no help, you shouldn't be lifting.

    2) A recent study tested the amount of stress on the lower back during squats and deadlifts with a belt and without a belt. Wearing a belt actually placed MORE stress on the lower back area.

    Think about it, if you cinch on a belt, you are pulling tight the mucles and lower back area placing it under tension. Then you are lifting with a primary area of tension ANYWAY being on that area.

    Another study also found that most MUSCLE strains in the lower back occur in people who use belts.

    I suggest no belt and decent form.

    If Magnus Ver Magnuss can no-no-no ( no belt, no wraps, no spotter) squat 270kilo's for reps, i think we should be alright with correct form!!!


  • #3
    PJG
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    Dragon has summed that up nicely.

    Form is king.


  • #4
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    Totally agree - would only use it for one rep and even then its very rare


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