Weight lifting belts?

I've been training for 8 years and have deadlifted over 400lbs @ 165, never had an injury in my life from deadlifting or squats.

So anyway, you don't need a weight belt. You may injure yourself with incorrect form, using too much wiehgt or both but if you do the lift properly the risk of injury is not that huge you need to protect yourself.

 

I only use one to attach a few 45 pounds weights when I do dips.

 

I have also never had an injury via the big compound movemnets, you must keep form in your mind all the time.

also I dont think a belt will stop a person from arching their back anyway in a deadlift for example of bad form, its not titanium

 

backpack with mini sandbags, a lot of these belts are easily and cheaply replicated:yep

 

Id rather use the belt because 90 pounds pulling on my hips is way more comfortable than a backpack on my shoulders, plus I noticed a backpack throws off my balance.

 

I prefer to use no belts most of the time I do squats and deadlifts. I do squats and deadlifts because they work your core on top of everything else. Wearing a belt would, thus, defeat the purpose.

I feel that there is no need for a belt if you follow strict form, go through the appropriate load/volume progression, and warm-up sufficiently.

To me at least, if you can't squat the loaded bar without a belt probably just means you're lifting too much weight.

If you find yourself unable to squat a particular weight, I suggest quickly running to the weight room entrance to drop-off your ego. Then go back to the squat rack and remove a few plates from the bar.

Start with something you can work with and go from there. You'll be glad you did, afterall you're not there to impress anyone. Leave that for the *****s and the *******s.

 

I warm up with 400lbs so shut the **** up you little twerp. I've never had a ****ing car accident but I wear my seatbelt dip****. The belt is a piece of protective equipment should the worst happen and it can happen for reasons beyond bad form or using too much weight and don't give me this bull**** that your form is perfect. No ones form is perfect 100% of the time a ****ing nothing like you is is a little piece of dirt compared to the people I have trained with and not a one of them would agree with your dumbass.

 

You warm up with 400lbs? Wow. Are you a competitive power lifter? If not, I find that hard to believe. And why so offensive?

Irrelevant.

Not saying my form is perfect, I'm telling you I've never had an injury in 8 years of deadlifting.

You can blow your back out leaning over to pick up a piece of paper, do you wear a belt every day when you have to lean over to pick something up?

At what weight do you have to wear a belt? With the bar? 50kg? 100kg? What?

True.

Really? Who have you trained with? Let me guess, some hyooooooge guys that you know at the gym?

It seems you are really upset with me for some reason. Other people have the same opinion yet you are so pissed off with me have I hit a nerve?

 

I squat to improve my legs, I deadlift to improve my lower back, upper back, glutes, hamstrings, and grip strength. The abs get more than enough training on their own and throughout the week. The notion that its a good idea to risk injury in order to give one little muscle just that extra drop in the bucket is absurd. The transverse ab doesn't not need to bear the full brunt of a squat or deadlift in order to be trained. Nor is it really strong enough to do the job.

I have plenty of powerfiters friends who have had to have abdominal surgery over the years. Had one who had an appendectomy a few months ago. To the man and woman every surgeon has been amazed at just how thick their abs are. IMHO powerlifters have the thickest strongest core in the world and that is achieved despite of the use of belt.

If what you are worried about is ascetics than a belt taking some of the load off the transverse should be the least of your concerns. Deadlifts with a belt or without will inevitably develop a midsection that is too big, too powerful and out of proportion to the idealized V shape of the male body. Under development is of no concern and should be the furthest thing from your mind.

 

Windigo- Are you yourself a powerlifter? or train with the same goals in mind? Do you ALWAYS train with a belt? if not what do you believe warrants lifting without it? Just curious. Btw I am on your side on this (obviously).