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Explain this shit to me. Why do I want/need one?
>> Anonymous
Injury prevention. Will not allow you to lift more weight. Helps maintain thoracic pressure.
>> Anonymous
HURRR-KNEEEE-AAAS
>> Anonymous
>>445139
Do I need one? Thinking about doing 5x5 thing, I've been working out for a while without one. Any particular exercises that it's especially needed for? I already do squats without one.
>> Anonymous
my dad who is 50 has a hernia and is going under the knife tomorrow. get one. save you a few thousand down the road.
>> Anonymous
>Helps maintain thoracic pressure.

lolwut?
>> Anonymous
Use it when you are straining yourself. Squats and deadlifts are an ideal use.
>> Anonymous
>>445136

Proven not to do a damn thing except give you a feeling of 'safety' for not having good form.

Good form will keep your back together, this will not.
>> Anonymous
The purpose of a weight belt is to increase intra-abdominal pressure. When lifting without a belt, the spinal column is supported by the fluid contents and musculature of the abdominal cavity. When lifting near maximal weight, the diaphragmatic muscles contract and put pressure on the abdominal cavity, stabilizing the spine. Using a belt helps increase this pressure, while reducing the load on the musculature of the lower back.

Just use it to max. Don't let it become a crutch.
>> Anonymous
>>445159

Yeah, science proved that Oly/powerlifters just wear them for show.

>>445163

This is correct, OP.
>> Anonymous
I wouldnt bother wearing one until you start getting into heavy weights

300+

until then, you dont need one.
>> Anonymous
>>445176
Probably a good general rule of thumb.
>> Anonymous
>>445176

If you have a strong-enough trunk you won't need one, ever.

Instead of pulling all your muscles together to stiffen your spine, why not just strengthen the muscles to keep your spine together?

no troll
>> Anonymous
Most people don't know how to use a belt. Once you put it on, it should be a little loose. It should only be tight when you take a big breath and create thoracic pressure.

>>445189
That's the general idea. Except it gets kind of hard when you start using heavier and heavier weights. I don't care how many good morns and ab rollouts you do-- eventually your squat and dead is going to be big enough to need a belt.
>> Anonymous
>>445194

That's why you do weighted ab exercises not those bull shit no weight workouts.

This is speaking from experience.
>> Anonymous
>>445197
Okay, whatever ab exercise.

Unless you do decline abs with 500 lbs you probably won't be able to pull 300-400+ without compromising some sort of structural integrity.
>> Anonymous
>>445200

2/10
>> Anonymous
>>445197
No weight workouts? I'm guessing you haven't seen Ross Enamait's training vids?
>> Anonymous
>>445203

I'm looking at his stuff on youtube and he wears a weighted vest.

weighted workouts = best core strength
>> Anonymous
>>445175
that depends on the science you're talking about. ed coan only ever used one because it was in the rules. and there are a bunch of olympic weightlifters who don't use them. they're more popular in the west.
>> Anonymous
>>445206
Concur. Ab rollouts are probably one of the more difficult exercises. Weight is involved, it's called body weight-- more than enough for most people. Some beastly and awesome people can do them weighted. Like Ross.
>> Anonymous
>>445209

Then you could say the same about all ab workouts. But they are just as effective as push-ups as in they can only take you so far. The only way to get a stellar core is by weighted ab training.
>> Anonymous
>>445211
squats can only take you so far. the only way to get a stellar body is to take roids.

great agrument bro
>> Anonymous
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>>445211
Pushups are effective until you adapt. Same with abrollouts, same with anything. Then it's time to add weight. But the fact that most people can't do ab rollouts from standing to full extension shows that there is little adaptation for this skill. So it's effective until it becomes too easy. Then you add a vest or whatever.

On the subject of ab exercises, I find the weight of my legs is more than enough for hanging leg raises, dragonflags, L-sits, etc.

What do you prefer?
>> Anonymous
>>445215

Cable woodchoppers
>> Anonymous
>>445215
awesome, glad to see somebody else who does this
>> anonymous
they actually reduce muscle gains because they restrict motion. Just remember to keep your back straight and you wont need one.