Guys wearing weight belts no matter what exercise.....

[Beachbum1546]

Usually it's not being done by anyone who actually knows how to lift... A good rule of thumb for Belts.. do not use a belt untill you are squating 2X your bodyweight, and deadlifting 1.5X your body weight...

If you bench with a shirt you will wear a belt, but that's more focused toward us powerlifters.

i dont use a belt at all. i can squat 455 and DL 495 and i weigh about 200. am i doing something bad? i dont PL so the numbers dont matter i just lift that kind of weight when i train. could i do more with a belt? does a person actually NEED a belt?

 

[yomama]

i dont use a belt at all. i can squat 455 and DL 495 and i weigh about 200. am i doing something bad? i dont PL so the numbers dont matter i just lift that kind of weight when i train. could i do more with a belt? does a person actually NEED a belt?

Some of us cant keep our backs straight. So yes, we need to use a belt. And just in case, better safe than sorry. Kinda like wearing a seatbelt, you never know when you fuck up.

 

[Royster]

you see thats the problem with bodybuilders. They go to get "in shape" or "get muscle". They have lost the real sense of weightlifting, which is to get stronger. Simply put, if you are lifting to get big or buffed or in shape, you aint lifting for real, and must as well go and play some chess whilst doing your barbell curls.
It is imperative to have a strong lower back, much more so than bulging biceps, for a fact, a strong core comes before bulging extremeties (or whatever is the latest bodybuilding fashioned bodypart), which means that a squat over 400 shouldnt be very difficult for a guy who has been lifting for a few years.

If you are not putting up a 400 plus squat or 500 plus deadlift, then the only time I see wearing a belt is for 1RM attempts, mainly because when you max out you stress the ligaments and tendons more than any other time. Other than tha, forget about the belt, plus 95% of the people that use it, do so to look powerful and impress people (they need a belt because they are going to lift such a huge weight they risk breaking their back) or because they simply are pussies who are scared to deadlift bodyweight.

 

[GOHVYORGOHME]

If you train with a belt to support your core, then you are infact training it to be used to that support. Say your moving into a house and moving heavy furniture or some thing heavy in general. Are you going to go get your weightbelt before lifting that heavy object and placing it in your home? Probably not. I used a weight belt when I was on a powerlifting team in high school. Now I lift to become stronger, healthier, and for appearance obviously. I will never use a weight belt again, because I have no reason to approach that high weight again.

 

[halfaclue]

you see thats the problem with bodybuilders. They go to get "in shape" or "get muscle". They have lost the real sense of weightlifting, which is to get stronger. Simply put, if you are lifting to get big or buffed or in shape, you aint lifting for real, and must as well go and play some chess whilst doing your barbell curls.
It is imperative to have a strong lower back, much more so than bulging biceps, for a fact, a strong core comes before bulging extremeties (or whatever is the latest bodybuilding fashioned bodypart), which means that a squat over 400 shouldnt be very difficult for a guy who has been lifting for a few years.

If you are not putting up a 400 plus squat or 500 plus deadlift, then the only time I see wearing a belt is for 1RM attempts, mainly because when you max out you stress the ligaments and tendons more than any other time. Other than tha, forget about the belt, plus 95% of the people that use it, do so to look powerful and impress people (they need a belt because they are going to lift such a huge weight they risk breaking their back) or because they simply are pussies who are scared to deadlift bodyweight.

Are you f-ing kidding me? Your trying to tell me because I train my ass off and diet and want to look better that I'm not really lifting? Or that I "lost the real sense of weightlifting". I can't speak for anyone else but year after year I get stronger and bigger so what is the REAL sense of weightlifting? People who lift for football or to be decatholetes don't really lift either then since their goals are for stregnth and muscle endurance?? So only powerlifters know how to weight train?

 

[crew9]

Some of us cant keep our backs straight. So yes, we need to use a belt. And just in case, better safe than sorry. Kinda like wearing a seatbelt, you never know when you fuck up.

What do you mean you can't keep your back straight?

 

[mitochondriaman]

I realize that belts are overused and i didn't use them until I had abdominal surgery. Now I have to wear one or else I'm fucked. Keep in mind some people who use them all the time have a specific reason. But yes I agree many guys don't need to wear them so much.

 

[yomama]

you see thats the problem with bodybuilders. They go to get "in shape" or "get muscle". They have lost the real sense of weightlifting, which is to get stronger. Simply put, if you are lifting to get big or buffed or in shape, you aint lifting for real, and must as well go and play some chess whilst doing your barbell curls.
It is imperative to have a strong lower back, much more so than bulging biceps, for a fact, a strong core comes before bulging extremeties (or whatever is the latest bodybuilding fashioned bodypart), which means that a squat over 400 shouldnt be very difficult for a guy who has been lifting for a few years.

If you are not putting up a 400 plus squat or 500 plus deadlift, then the only time I see wearing a belt is for 1RM attempts, mainly because when you max out you stress the ligaments and tendons more than any other time. Other than tha, forget about the belt, plus 95% of the people that use it, do so to look powerful and impress people (they need a belt because they are going to lift such a huge weight they risk breaking their back) or because they simply are pussies who are scared to deadlift bodyweight.

We train to look good, and you train to be strong. With muscles comes strength. So, we, the bodybuilders have 2 things, strength and huge bulging muscles. While you, the powerlifter have 1 thing, strength.

 

[yomama]

What do you mean you can't keep your back straight?

I mean, on like the last few reps, the lower back will give up and arch. So that's why the belt is nesesary.

 

[crew9]

I mean, on like the last few reps, the lower back will give up and arch. So that's why the belt is nesesary.

Or you could strengthen your lower back and maintain good form?