Weight Belts?

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Can someone advise me on the use of the weight belt. I have read that

some view it as being useless? I try to lift every day and I have not

seen a need for it personally, but many people at my gym have them.

[For a start, hunt through our archives, because this topic was

discussed in some depth at least a year ago. If you don't need a belt

for training, then stay as you are, but if you compete and feel more

comfortable and stronger using a belt, then use one. Research does

show that wearing a belt can enhance stability and increase force

production in certain exercises. The important thing probably is not to

use it so often or use it tightly too often because of developing a

great reliance on a belt for all training. Periodic belt usage, however,

for maximal or circa-maximal attempts is not going to harm you.

For more information on belts and lifting apparatus, see p458-9 of

the " Supertraining " book or p212 of " Facts & Fallacies of Fitness " . Mel Siff]

Hoge

Las Vegas, NV

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