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I used a belt on heavy squats and deadlifts but that's it.
I did however use the Abdominal Pressure trick on bench press, wearing a belt very high up on the top of the abs easily gives you 10-20lbs on a max lift.
You can become reliant on the belt to support your core. Or at least that's the thought...So am I somehow making certain muscles weaker by wearing it for most exercises? Thats what I was told happens anyway.
It cracks me up that a guy in his 50s cranking out reps in the squat rack with four plates and a five pounder on each side of the bar without a belt thinks his lifting is somehow inferior to most of us here ("don't do the weight you guys probably do") . . .I don’t wear one, but in 50’s and don’t do the weight you guys probably do (415 squat and then not so heavy deads or bench). More women wear then men in my gym… they like to hide the pouch
If I saw an old geezer like yall banging 4 plates in the squat rack I would ask him for advice lol.It cracks me up that a guy in his 50s cranking out reps in the squat rack with four plates and a five pounder on each side of the bar without a belt thinks his lifting is somehow inferior to most of us here ("don't do the weight you guys probably do") . . .
50s or not, you'd be one of the strongest guys in my gym, and many guys stop squatting that kind of weight in their fifties even if they used to squat with it regularly when they were younger.
Unless this is fake humility, you don't realize what a feat you are accomplishing every time you crawl under the bar at your age.
It cracks me up that a guy in his 50s cranking out reps in the squat rack with four plates and a five pounder on each side of the bar without a belt thinks his lifting is somehow inferior to most of us here ("don't do the weight you guys probably do") . . .
50s or not, you'd be one of the strongest guys in my gym, and many guys stop squatting that kind of weight in their fifties even if they used to squat with it regularly when they were younger.
Unless this is fake humility, you don't realize what a feat you are accomplishing every time you crawl under the bar at your age.
If I saw an old geezer like yall banging 4 plates in the squat rack I would ask him for advice lol.