No need for bandaids, all you need is a training partner or coach, they remind you about a proper neutral spine while you're fatigued, and when you can't manage any more with good form, stop you.
Oliver, I'm not interested in discussing the training of Arnie or Westside, the training of heavy drug users doesn't translate well to drugfree training. The drugs give them powers of recovery which lets them do harmful things drugfree people couldn't do.
Sounds pretty logical to me.
If you are a competetive lifter, and your competition wears a belt, and you truly believe it gives them an edge, by all means wear one.
But if your like 99% of us who train without competing............
For the record, I was talking to Paul Nay this week, he is the president of CAPO powerling in Victoria. He informs me CAPO Victoria has only 12 registered members/lifters.
Pretty sure there are more than 12 lifters wearing belts in Victorian gyms.
Why????????????????????????????
Simple solution, lower the fees.There is an annual membership fee, then an entry fee, and only two 3 lift comps a year, and one you need to qualify for. Paul can see the folly of this, but until he gets more lifters, he cant have more comps, and he cant get more lifters, because theres not enough comps.
OK, so i've just gotten back from the gym, i've eaten & am now relaxing. Seeing those pics of those guys DL make me want to go back in & hit it up again!! I'm not a big supporter of belts. if you wanna wear them, great, i don't.
if i cant put any 160kg bar on my shoulders, squat to the floor and stand up again while butt naked then i wont claim i can squat 160kg
there's a mental image i could do without...
When I first learnt to do squats the wrong way i used to get a very sore lower back doing them. I didn't have anyone to comment on my form and i didn't bother trying to research it. When i used a belt i didn't get a sore back. Back then I thought they were great. I didn' care at all about srength back then.
Now I have learnt to squat correctly (and heavier) I have never suffered a sore back or ever felt i needed more security. For aded security i'd concentrate on my form rather than wear a belt. my 2 cents
wanna spot me?
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