How To Use A Weightlifting Belt (IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- When most use a weightlifting belt, they do so incorrectly. Ask yourself if this scene sounds familiar. You look towards the squat rack and see an athlete struggling with all their might to fasten their belt as tightly around their stomachs as possible as if they are donning an 18th century corset.
Get my book on fixing injury here:
www.amazon.com...
Get my book 'The Squat Bible' here:
www.amazon.com...
Get my 13-Week Squat Program? marketplace.tr...
Get olympic weightlifting programming (part 1):
marketplace.tr...
Get olympic weightlifting programming (part 2): marketplace.tr...
_____________________________________
Proper use of a belt is much more than just wearing it tightly around your stomach! In order to properly use a belt, you must breathe “into the belt”. If you only cinch it tight, you miss out on the benefits the belt has to offer. Always think about expanding your stomach into the belt and then bracing against it.
If you’re interested in purchasing a high quality belt that will last a lifetime, check my Cardillo belt here: americannutrit...
Subscribe to this channel here: tinyurl.com/y2...
Recommended products: squatuniversit...
_______________________________
Connect with SquatUniversity:
Visit the website: www.squatuniver...
Like the Facebook page: / squatuniversity
Follow on Twitter: / squatuniversity
Follow on TikTok: @SquatUniversity
Follow on Instagram: / squat_university
Listen to the Podcast on: apple iTunes, Overcast, Pocket Casts, Google Play and the Anchor App!
_______________________________
Music credits
Opening & closing track by JookTheFirst: / jookthefirst
Ohayo by Smith The Mister smiththemister...
Smith The Mister bit.ly/Smith-T...
Free Download / Stream: bit.ly/_ohayo
Music promoted by Audio Library • Ohayo - Smith The Mist...
• Ohayo - Smith The Mist...
You lost me at "Here's your six-pack"
I'll take two of them and a side of fries.
Soon as he said that I was thinking “bold of you to assume”
😂
Cried laughing
chill out lmfao💀😂
Great video! Can you comment also on when to use it? I see a lot of confusion on that topic. Only when lifting heavy? Should I use it in warmup sets? Which exercises should I use it? Thanks
I love how this man just assumed I have a 6-pack at 1:39.
Thanks for everything you do. It’s amazing you put out all this tremendous content and really care about us all and helping us. I’ve started my squat journey late (almost 40) but am loving it. I don’t have a belt yet (been using my natural brace) but would love to try one! Thanks for being you. @fatterwass
44 here! We can do it!
Thank you
God, just show me where bro, this should not be 7 mins.
If you read the norse saga's Thor used a weight lifting belt. If he was about to do something that required ultra strength he would put his belt on first. So even the vikings recognised the power of the belt.
Megingjorð
Still a crutch
@@AnonymousAnalysis1776 it’s not a crutch. It’s just something I’ve come to rely on, in my time of need.
-Bobby Hill
@@AnonymousAnalysis1776 Maybe. But for me with ankylosing spondylitis, the belt is in some exercises a must. :)
@@AnonymousAnalysis1776 lmao do 400lb deadlifts without a belt. Lets see who’ll need crutches after
Really like the ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxKE8pP77yruPYa7SBcl0a72pDnIHtz0wF because the placement of the weights on the perimeter of the vest makes it easy to use for a variety of activities without the weights interfering with any activities. Had an issue after 6 months when the strap holding the top buckle tore out. I contacted Aduro customer support and they took care of me.
The greatest explanation for core stability I have and will ever watch
So good.
Brian Alsruhe did it first, his channel is very good also.
Hey Dr, could you do a video on best exercises for the stability of upper back muscles and how to stretch the hamstrings.
I’ll see what I can do - thanks for the suggestion
Yes please! Upper back specifically rhomboids and how to recover from a rhomboid strain and how to strengthen them. I noticed they get very stiff after a heavy shoulder press
Still trying to find my six packs. Feel targeted.
😂😂
Nobody ever explained how to wear a belt like that. THANK YOU!
Would love to see a follow up to this with regards to use and positioning. Mostly how it relates to squats and how to prevent a belt affecting form (pushing knees out wider, or if it keeps you more upright). Also stuff like comfort, breaking in a belt, how often to use a belt.
Here’s you 6-pack.... 😂.... um my 6-pack?
This is the lesson I’ve been waiting for! How to create intra-abdominal pressure. The example you did in the beginning of the video really shows how it works. No wonder too many people get injured while doing squats and deadlifts. They’re not doing this important step! Thanks for saving our backs. 👍🏼
Hi me. Varkig. Is. Lydar. Belt. Pavar. And levar and. Al beld good baking
two words: pause squats
@bailewen
Can you elaborate on pause squats and how they relate to the conversation, Mr. Riddler?
@@jason2014 Cuz pause squats tax your intra-abdominal pressure more than anything else I've ever experienced. I'm only an intermediate lifter. Pause squats were from my coach cuz I was mostly failing sets when I stopped being able to inhale at the top. My chest would just collapse and I couldn't get a good deep breath in any more. So we started doing pause squats. Breath in normally up top, hold it, down, keep holding, up, breath out at the top again. It's like just adding time under tension for your diaphragm and chest cavity.
fwiw, I wasn't trying to be mysterious. I just found ATG pause squats were a huge help for me with this issue.
But i cant.... "tears" find my 6 packs 😢
I'm a 90 yo female, and your videos have helped tremendously.
lol.. I’m 125 yo male
@@manojreddy123 That's even more impressive! Next year I'm gonna be a 101 yo black lady. Keep it up buddy!
I can't deny how much a belt has helped me with my strength. As a beginner I hit a plateau with my deadlifts and squats and struggled with progressive overload. I started using a belt yesterday and immediately was able to breeze through my deadlift and today squats. Going to try bracing properly the next round!
Honestly same. I was afraid to use one since I lift peanuts and didn’t want to look like an idiot. Tried one yesterday and it felt incredible. Increased my squat by like 25 pounds
@@antoniomenchi6736 damn i've been considering buying a belt, especially for my 'heavy' squats and i've seen some other people say they put at least 25lbs/10kg into their lifts which is incredible.
Same here, immediately went through a hard plateau on my squat with a belt and have added 10kg since.
So can I wear the belt if I have a lower back injury whilst playing basketball to avoid further injury?
Cardillos are not that great. They peel and crack around rhe notches. They d it fairly quickly,not over time.
@neuralhalation - this video comes exactly at the right time as I level up my workouts. thanks for the consistently amazing content!
You’re so welcome! I’m glad you’re enjoying the content I make!
So can I wear the belt if I have a lower back injury whilst playing basketball to avoid further injury?
1:38 "So here's your six pack..." bold of you to assume
Naaah,. He knows you're hiding a real six of bud under your shirt.
@mmarowitz - always great content! I definitely was the guy who thought squeezing the life out of me with the belt was the way to go. Feel so much stronger and stable now!
So i have to inhale and perform from 1st rep than exhale????🥴
will my spine break like the can if I don't wear a belt?
Where’s my 6 pack?
Any advice regarding if intra-abdominal pressure is bad for things like hernia or hemorrhagic cardiovascular events? I've always been taught holding breath is bad. But I know in strength circles this is good. Ok so what is it?
I haven’t used a belt in the past because I saw it as cheating or holding me back in developing a stronger core but I see now it can’t make up for a weak core. The belt is just there to enhance your trunk stiffness. I’d love to get in on this, I’m davidteitge on everything
4:35 , welcome (a bit early)
With lever arch belts, should the lever be set to feel tight pre or post brace? This might sound like a stupid question but I can''t find the answer easily. My belt can feel tight with a good brace before I actually clasp the belt and the belt can inhibit my diaphragmatic breathing before I brace when it is clasped. Do you think I would get more out of the belt if I loosened it slightly and refitted it so it's sized to my braced core rather than relaxed core?
Kind of shocked he didn't mention wearing it "backwards" so the largest part of the belt is BRACING (pushing back) on the abdomen.
how do u fasten it when alone tho?
@@7nickname7 spin it when it's done up
Great!! Wich is t the size of the belt you use on the vídeo???
Size S???
Agreed, proper bracing should always be done before entering any snatch.
Question: Does the weightlifting belt help you to prevent back injuries too? Or does it only help with increasing performance? I have seen many furniture movers wear such weightlifting belts to protect their back from injury during their work.
It's support for your spine, definitely helps keeping things in place when lifting
They usually wear a different type of belt.
@@jhssuthrnmama what kind?
@@j-lau1981 sbd belt, the best
@gabfitness thank you for the great content, I usually listen to your podcast but your videos are even better.
I really appreciate it!
4:00 when he puts the belt on
Hi could you do a few reps so i could see you're breathing pattern, im new weight lifting thanks i will look out for it
If youre doing a set of 10 reps of squats for exemple, should you pause and restart your breathing between each rep or is it ok to do a couple of reps and breath normally if you feel you can keep your core tight during the lift?
First inhale, and exhale when you finished the rep. Then repeat
Good video very informative sir💯💪🏾I appreciate it very much keep up the good work
Thank you!
Email - khadsetarun14@gmail.com
insta - @tarunkhadse
INDIA
@jondunsmore . Thanks for the tips as always. I'm still working on the bracing part, and wearing a belt when deadlifting is often awkward/uncomfortable. Always a work in progress!
So i have to inhale and perform from 1st rep than exhale????🥴
@tarafitcrnp
Added thanks💪🙏
Well, seconds in and I'm seeing that flared-back-for-no-purpose belt and I'm already skeptical. I recommend Alan Thrall's video on the subject.
In the Japanese gym, dude is wearing gloves, elbow braces, a weight belt, gloves - and doing biceps curls with 5kg.
And is form sucks.
Great vid - thanks 🙏🏻 Instagram @duff_strength
Fabulous informative video on the correct way😀👍🏾. @harish_b_das
Video starts @ 4:00. (Honestly, I don't know why these UA-camrs don't just get to point immediately, and then go into their trilogy of unending anecdotes AFTER they've concisely delivered what's promised in the video title).
A guy wearing a shirt with "Squat University" on it who weighs less than a warmup weight for overhead presses.... Why do so many youtube instructors look like they don't even lift? Now don't get me wrong, some of the information is sound... But if your squat suddenly gets a whole lot stronger the second you put the belt on, you got a weak core or aren't bracing correctly...
I get the principle but, coming from a world of MMA/boxing....if I'm preparing to take a blow to the midsection, the last thing I'd want to do is fill up with air. Rather, I'd want to empty my thorax.
Great belt
Just buought a +50 Strength belt from PR. Never used a belt before. HUGE improvement. Trying knee sleeves next.
What brand and model mate?
When you said "here's your six-packs" i knew this video wasn't suited for me
All new an impatient Me: fast forward rewind than back,back just a lil bit okay I got it! Okay what are you talking about? I missed a part ahhhh!!!
3:49 here's what you looking for.. Skip that first 3min bullshit talk.. Thank me later.
Not gonna credit my man Brian Alsruhe for demonstrating this analogy previously... aight aight
This here is pure waffle. Just put it on to where its supporting your lower back and make sure its comfortable. why is my man talking about breathing laterally into the belt. Just breathe normally. SMH wasted my time here thinking it would be worth.
I do bodybuilding movements on a powerlifting diet. There’s no six pack
Him: "Touch your six pack... "
Me: six pack...six pack... Where?
Hi DR i have used training belt wrong. and it feels like I've hit it just like you describe with the can you step on and it exploded that's how it feels to me in my stomach when I used it wrong and lifted heavy I got a crack in my stomach and now I'm in pain the whole body feels my muscles are completely wrong everywhere in the pelvis so what can be done about it now? can't get back to normal on my own I need a good and experienced dr like you I've met many people who don't take me seriously I hope you can help me 🙏
How to take supporter best one for bodybuliding exercises. Which one very good supporter sir pl explain me
I just watched the first 1 min, 16 seconds and have now fueled up on 6 liters of soda and I am about to go break some PB:s. Thanks!
On IG @rootingcloud -- subscribed already! Thanks
Cardill. How do you spell it. Thank you for the instruction. Soda can is the best analogy
Feelings were harmed when you said, here's your six pack. Six pack of fat with drawn-on abs
All is about stomach... wider part of belt on back isn't doing anything. All of belt can be the same wide on all around.
I search how to property use use lifting belt your video came up good stuff💪🏻 hopefully I can still win the belt 😅😅
Do you even train?. You remind me so much of the current batch of young people in the gym You want to lift super heavy weights for super low reps but physically look like an average person.
@VicenteFitness is my IG. Love your content, making better athletes and coaches!
@gabs_Four I've only used a "soft" belt but I think I need to improve my technique with your advice, thanks a lot!
@mel_stewart20
Amazing video as always!!!
@Squat University How would one with a bit of a hanging belly wear a weightlifting belt?
Awesome that you put this video together. I found it really useful. They content you make is ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I'm gonna start using the can analogy for my clients. Thank you.
I learned this on pulmonary consults. If you cue people to breathe through their nose they will breathe with their diaphragm.
@enrique.galhardo - that belt looks THIC
Love the content!
Ig - peteslake
Or
Shi_zhi_weak
My ig handle is mamapengwin! Nice vid thank you
@joels470 super cool of you doing a giveaway like this!
Bois i hitted 60 kg squad pr. When should I use ? Should I use next workout ?
@raulosuna82 IG handle. Thanks for the video!!
and if the belt increases the pressure in the abdominal cavity, doesn't it increase the risk of abdominal hernia?
Thanks. I was wearing it like a head band. That's embarrassing.
Why is the bench belt so damn rare? Can’t wear my inzer 13mm lever belt on bench press.
@milan_9621 great video's for deadlift and squat on this channel.... love it.💪
First 7 seconds of the video: "Here is how to wear a weight lifting belt because most of you are doing it wrong" *while holding a weight lifting belt that is not the same width throughout the entire length of the belt, showing that he doesn't even know that the weight lifting belt he is holding is garbage*
@gublaman I'm still not used to breathing laterally because of the bad habit of just pushing forwards but hopefully I'll slowly get better at it. Just ordered your book a while back too
You turned sideways and I couldn't see you. You need to get up to at least 225 before I listen to your advice.
Many people on the internet says that tapered belt is worse than conventional belt that have the same width all around. May I know why do you recommend a tapered belt instead?
my instagram is @arturfedrizzi my friend who is taller and has bigger upper body than me weights less, we have the same waist, but i have bigger legs
As a graphic designer what is bothering is the word "S Q U A T" behind you in the banner, there is a serious issue with the kerning between the letters 😄😄😄
When you brace do you hold your breath during repetition or brace and breathe normally? Also do you use your belt on every session or only for max ?
As a fat guy how tight on my belly should a belt be? All lifting belt vids are for skinny people
After putting it, I'm twisting the wide part to be at the front. Otherwise it feels like its splitting my belly in half 🍑
@_otaku_danieljay_ at least a proper video about wearing a belt can't wait to go rep it out in the gym
@beef_squatch on Instagram. Thanks!
Screw weight belts. I have squatted heavy for 30 years, normally finished repping with 500 lbs. Never had a problem or pain. One day recently wore a belt, squatted 500, and that stupid belt pushed all the pressure up and out my belly button, and gave me an umbilical hernia. Had to get surgery last week to get it fixed. Never again.
holy shit.. i have a big belly dun quite get the six-pack thing there seem to be a geographic error on my end
Can theory : keep your mouth closed. If you open your mouth your going to get crushed.
I have been expanding 360° for the last 32 years..