Hip belt squat machine

WalterMitty

Any gym in Dublin have one of these?

COH

I'm seeing more and more references to hip belt squats lately and I have no idea why... they must be the new mobility/stability or something

d'Oracle

COH wrote: »

I'm seeing more and more references to hip belt squats lately and I have no idea why... they must be the new mobility/stability or something

Loaded squatting without spinal loading, innit.

WalterMitty

Badly herniated thoracic vertebral disc thats unlikely to heal for a few years(if ever)

COH

d'Oracle wrote: »

Loaded squatting without spinal loading, innit.

Well yeah, I know what they are like. I just never saw many references to them that often until recently, its probably jsut me. I'd love to have access to one myself, Louie reckons they're great for correcting anterior pelvic tilt too.

WalterMitty wrote: »

Badly herniated thoracic vertebral disc thats unlikely to heal for a few years(if ever)

That trully sucks the cosmic wang Split/front/goblet squats off the menu for the time being too?

Hanley

About the only meaningful alternative is belt squats.

Stand on a pair of boxes/step, throw a weighted dip belt on, attach weight, squat - essentially the same movement as a belt squat machine, but massively awkward to set up.

DB split squats off the cards too?

d'Oracle

COH wrote: »

Well yeah, I know what they are like. I just never saw many references to them that often until recently, its probably jsut me. I'd love to have access to one myself, Louie reckons they're great for correcting anterior pelvic tilt too.

Oh really?
He does them fairly wide doesn't he?

WalterMitty

what do people think of heavy sled pulls with a belt at waist instead of a harness for good leg development? not looking for massive legs just keep the muscle i have plus gain a bit more and get into better condition(body fat).
I will be doing single leg splits and step ups but have to ask physio if i can use dumbells. Maybe sprinting up stairs or uphill too.

Mellor

Hanley wrote: »

About the only meaningful alternative is belt squats.

Stand on a pair of boxes/step, throw a weighted dip belt on, attach weight, squat - essentially the same movement as a belt squat machine, but massively awkward to set up.

DB split squats off the cards too?

Like this
(This is what I think of as hip belt squat, never seen the machine)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PldcPTOACm4

d'Oracle

WalterMitty wrote: »

what do people think of heavy sled pulls with a belt at waist instead of a harness for good leg development? not looking for massive legs just keep the muscle i have plus gain a bit more and get into better condition(body fat).
I will be doing single leg splits and step ups but have to ask physio if i can use dumbells. Maybe sprinting up stairs or uphill too.

I don't think you should be asking that here.

I think that if its belted to your waist, then may be putting a force perpendicular to the lower lumbar spine. Like the weight will be distribute across a small part of the spine and will act to pull part of the lumbar pelvis region out of alignment. Closer to a point load than a distributed load.

So it could cause you to compensate further up the spine and be bad, or it could be no harm.

Short answer: Ask a physio not a forum.

Brian?

Unfortunatly this has strayed into the area of medical advice, which is againest the forum charter. If your physio clears you to do certain excercises, then starting another thread asking for programming advice is fine.