Do We Really Need A Weight Belt?

05-25-2002, 06:03 PM

IN A FLEX ONLINE ARTICLE THEY SAID THAT A SIX PACK IS REALLY ALL YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR BACK AND WEIGHT BELTS DONT ALWAYS HELP,THAT A SIX PACK HELP THE MUSCLE IN YOUR BACK SO U CANT HAVE A INJURY UNLESS U USE IMPROPER FORM.WHAT DO U THINK

digital_one · 05-25-2002, 06:06 PM

Do u like trees?

HeavyLifta · 05-25-2002, 06:07 PM

everyone has abs duh but they got to be strong if you want to lift heavy weights, i believe if your abs arent strong enough to help lift the weight you're back will round, so im guessing thats the use of the belt

ScottyAx800 · 05-25-2002, 06:09 PM

ummm... weight belts are designed to help keep your back stabilized under alot of stress (overhead tricep presses, standing military press, squat, etc.) Having strong abs helps your back stay stabilized, but in some cases ab strength isn't enough. I personally don't use a weight belt but some of my friends use one on their heaviest sets of overhead movements and squats, just to protect their lower back. The point is, do what works for you.

05-25-2002, 06:12 PM

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Originally posted by digital_one
Do u like trees?

UR MOMMA LIKES MINE IN HER MOUTH

digital_one · 05-25-2002, 06:12 PM

There was a post about this the other day and i think we decided that when you don't use a blet it strengthens stabalizing muscles and with a belt that wont happen, i think belts should only be used only when doing extremely heavy lifts.

digital_one · 05-25-2002, 06:14 PM

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Originally posted by ape

UR MOMMA LIKES MINE IN HER MOUTH

interesting

Sobolic · 05-25-2002, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by ape
IN A FLEX ONLINE ARTICLE THEY SAID THAT A SIX PACK IS REALLY ALL YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR BACK AND WEIGHT BELTS DONT ALWAYS HELP,THAT A SIX PACK HELP THE MUSCLE IN YOUR BACK SO U CANT HAVE A INJURY UNLESS U USE IMPROPER FORM.WHAT DO U THINK

Flex also says that Ronnie Coleman is natural. Weight belts are not needed unless your doing squats, deads, or cleans with reps below 6.

DYnomyte001 · 05-25-2002, 06:15 PM

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Originally posted by ape

UR MOMMA LIKES MINE IN HER MOUTH

LMAO BEST DAMNED JOKE EVER!!!!!!! D00D APE YOUR TOO HILARIOUS. Please stop typing in caps ape, it gets annoying after awhile.

Also that mag is wrong, having a six pack is only because of your bodyfat, that means no one would need a weight belt because everyone has abs but there just underneath layers of fat.

BodybuildingKid · 05-25-2002, 06:15 PM

do we really need ignorant apes on a human bodybuilding forum?

**str8flexed** · 05-25-2002, 07:00 PM

well this is the same ape that can bench 405. hmm maybe it's only 45 but he just has trouble counting?
Peace

BB is 4 life :) · 05-25-2002, 07:12 PM

hahahahah kudos str8 !!!!

give me a laf thanx 4 that

neway yur abs arent really protecting yur back yur abs help u curl the back !!! its your lower back u need 2 concentrate on training if u aint gonna b usina belt as that is the area belts help keep straight !!!

and also u need to use a belt on bent over rows aswell that puts juzst as much stress on the lower back as deads do if not more!!!!!!

or u can juz do wot most ppl du and use yur belt weneva the hell u like !!! i dont always use it coz then yur lower back wont get that strong !!

Azx · 05-25-2002, 07:24 PM

some really jacked guy at my gym told me you should always use a belt when doing squats, even if its 50lbs. is he right?

BB is 4 life :) · 05-25-2002, 07:26 PM

i dont think u need one juz 4 50lbs bt its betta b in safe than sorry coz u think about it u go to the gym u squatin u tryna b a tough guy by not usin belt an u pull a muscle in yur back an then u cant train 4 weeks an then u takin a step back int ya !!!

thugluv · 05-25-2002, 07:34 PM

What are training belts? Im gonna buy one because I work at home and I just ****ed up my lower back its been 3 days man it ****ing hurts so I advice you to use one if you're doing back exercices.

Azx · 05-25-2002, 07:40 PM

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Originally posted by thugluv
What are training belts? Im gonna buy one because I work at home and I just ****ed up my lower back its been 3 days man it ****ing hurts so I advice you to use one if you're doing back exercices.

what they are wearing:

thugluv · 05-25-2002, 07:46 PM

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Originally posted by Azx

what they are wearing:

Where can I buy one of those?

Braver · 05-25-2002, 08:26 PM

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Originally posted by Azx

what they are wearing:

is the bar actualli supposed to be curved, or did it bend under all that wieght?

dez/null · 05-25-2002, 08:37 PM

the weight crushed it
those where the old cheap peaces of **** from back in the day

Azx · 05-25-2002, 08:46 PM

yep, its from the weight

Tony · 05-25-2002, 08:46 PM

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Originally posted by Azx

what they are wearing:

I saw a guy maxing out on bench with a cheap ass bar that was only supposed to hold like 300 lbs, well he had like 450 on it and it was old.....and the bar bent like a pencil! It took 5 guys to get it off of him and onto the floor(obviously couldnt put it back on the rack)
It was freaky! I have never seen a metal bar bend like that

KillerTrees · 05-26-2002, 12:12 AM

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Originally posted by ape
IN A FLEX ONLINE ARTICLE THEY SAID THAT A SIX PACK IS REALLY ALL YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR BACK AND WEIGHT BELTS DONT ALWAYS HELP,THAT A SIX PACK HELP THE MUSCLE IN YOUR BACK SO U CANT HAVE A INJURY UNLESS U USE IMPROPER FORM.WHAT DO U THINK

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hooty mcboobs · 05-26-2002, 12:14 AM

This pretty much sums it up:

Tony · 05-26-2002, 12:34 AM

haha
Midgets are funny

JasonE · 05-26-2002, 02:02 AM

woah, I hope that guy had some collars on in the squat pic.. btw, how come arnold looks like a chick in that pic?

Ad for bars bending, anything 75lbs+ in my gym for barbells is bent slightly if not alot.

Fresch · 05-26-2002, 03:02 AM

Well now, lets see here..

having a six-pack will do absolutely nothing to protect your back. Why? Because a) it does not attach to your back and
b) its role is to cause flexion of the spine, it has no role in spinal stability.

To achieve spinal stability and protection, you need to have well developed transverse abdominus muscles...heard of them?? Know how to train them????

Along with this, good spinal muscles called multifidus...they stabilise the spine very well.

If these muscles are developed, and if you are lifting weights they should be, then weight belts will mostly be unnecessary. In fact, they can be counter prodective because they interfere with the body's weight-sensing mechanism which activates the transverse abdo and the multifidus. So, using a weight belt takes away the action of these stabilising muscles.

Also, the weight-belt locks-up 2 of the 5 lumbar levels, meaning that the load is now shared amongst the three levels which are not locked up.

Get the picture??

IronMike · 05-26-2002, 08:22 AM

Go here.

http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showth...threadid=24848

-IronMike-

KillerTrees · 05-26-2002, 09:46 AM

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Originally posted by hooty mcboobs
This pretty much sums it up:

Must you sum up every thread with that picture

hooty mcboobs · 05-26-2002, 12:55 PM

Sure. That was the first time I posted it, I believe. I have other similar ones.

reghoney · 10-18-2009, 03:32 PM

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Originally Posted by ;317192

IN A FLEX ONLINE ARTICLE THEY SAID THAT A SIX PACK IS REALLY ALL YOU NEED TO PROTECT YOUR BACK AND WEIGHT BELTS DONT ALWAYS HELP,THAT A SIX PACK HELP THE MUSCLE IN YOUR BACK SO U CANT HAVE A INJURY UNLESS U USE IMPROPER FORM.WHAT DO U THINK

The belt is used to supposedly support you back so to be on safe side you may want to use it during your heavy lifting. Also, keeping your abs compressed (or "sucked in") while you motion through the exercise will aid in protecting your back and it also gives your abs a little workout too