But doesn't working out without a belt build stronger tendons in the back? Strengthen your back a lot better than with a belt. I've never used a belt in my 3-4yrs of lifting (knock on wood).
If you say lifiting belts helps with keeping tissue or an inner organ from thrusting through an opening in its surrounding walls then i guess i should use a lifting belt everytime i hit the gym up dude? I mean i'm natural dude it's not like i'm on steroids cause i worry about inner organs outgrowing itself
When you see pros like Dorian Yates and Markus Ruhl using a belt to perform 45 degree leg presses, an exercise that you are essentialy laying down with the back completely suported, what does that tell you??? The belt helps to stabilize the pressure inside the abdominal wall, when performing exercises that dig deep inside you, causing tremenduous pressure, like the leg press. Summing it up, use a belt whenever you perform that causes an extreme pressure build up inside your core, if you don't feel like suffering an hernia. Dennis James had to skip shows the begining of this year due to an hernia operation. Mike Matarazzo had to be stiched with a carbon fiber line to keep his belly button in place. The message is : if you don't want to suffer from an abdominal hernia, wear the belt.
