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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Yanin on April 14, 2017, 01:11:31 PM
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Iono what happened between now and 3 months ago but there's been a boom in people wearing belts for every exercise. I see them wearing it for chest. Shoulders even abs?!? Am I missing something lol I'm like the only person in my gym that doesn't even own a belt..last time I wore one was to DL something like 450...for the most part I workout just to that limit of needed an belt..
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as worthless as a support bra on a whore on a treadmill
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People want to look like serious weightlifters even though they aren't. Nothing surprising about this, given the mental capacity of the average gym rat nowadays.
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never wear one.
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It's for show off...
many a trainee wears gloves and a belt to keep its ego save when curling the pink heavy ass weights... even in the showers pink towels are accompanied by sexy Inzer belts.
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Wore one for years when i was powerlifting.
Always prefered the single-prong. Favorite belt was my single prong, grey suede, 10mm Inzer. Took a while to break in... Prolly 6 months. Looking back I'd go with a lever belt instead of the prong. In prison i started with a double prong and hated it. Went to single soon as i could (sold tons of Inzer belts when i got outta prison. Found the 13mm wayyy to stiff. Can't see anybody under 270lbs or squating 700+ needing the 13mm belts).
I find the conventional belts worthless and just for show. Too thin, too narrow, too flexible. Belts have a purpose. They're not gonna keep your waist small if used properly. In fact they do the opposite. You actually push out against the belt to stabilize your spine. Thus your waist will expand.
While powerlifting, my waist expanded to 41"+ while still rock hard (wasnt my liver, since i was on legit hrt and zero booze or any other liver enlarging shit... And no insulin. No nothing.).
Pl belts are great for squat, DL, overhead presss, & even bench press, especially if you have somebody to pull the buckle down below your belly button after youre laid back and arched. I see guys doing pulldowns with a belt on andnjust shake my head.
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Wore one for years when i was powerlifting.
Always prefered the single-prong. Favorite belt was my single prong, grey suede, 10mm Inzer. Took a while to break in... Prolly 6 months. Looking back I'd go with a lever belt instead of the prong. In prison i started with a double prong and hated it. Went to single soon as i could (sold tons of Inzer belts when i got outta prison. Found the 13mm wayyy to stiff. Can't see anybody under 270lbs or squating 700+ needing the 13mm belts).
I find the conventional belts worthless and just for show. Too thin, too narrow, too flexible. Belts have a purpose. They're not gonna keep your waist small if used properly. In fact they do the opposite. You actually push out against the belt to stabilize your spine. Thus your waist will expand.
While powerlifting, my waist expanded to 41"+ while still rock hard (wasnt my liver, since i was on legit hrt and zero booze or any other liver enlarging shit... And no insulin. No nothing.).
Pl belts are great for squat, DL, overhead presss, & even bench press, especially if you have somebody to pull the buckle down below your belly button after youre laid back and arched. I see guys doing pulldowns with a belt on andnjust shake my head.
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Trolling again, eh twiggy?
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Why are you calling ukjeff 'twiggy?'
You can't seriously be calling him tiny.... are you? If so, that's pure 100% Getbigger right there.
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I use one for stiff-legged deadlifts and bent over rows.
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Why are you calling ukjeff 'twiggy?'
You can't seriously be calling him tiny.... are you? If so, that's pure 100% Getbigger right there.
You mean 15" arms and a 14" neck is "large"?
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You mean 15" arms and a 14" neck is "large"?
I don't care about neck measurements, or the numbers really. Looking at his pics, he has one of the best physiques on the board. Not trying to take sides because I don't know what your current build is, but I do find it pretty comical.
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I don't care about neck measurements, or the numbers really. Looking at his pics, he has one of the best physiques on the board. Not trying to take sides because I don't know what your current build is, but I do find it pretty comical.
you know who you're talking to right?
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I don't care about neck measurements, or the numbers really. Looking at his pics, he has one of the best physiques on the board. Not trying to take sides because I don't know what your current build is, but I do find it pretty comical.
its all he has mate, well, that and sending PMs hinting at hurting my family.
Guy is a bully who just sinks down when confronted.
Hes never going to amount to anything, I thought about his eventual outcome of him getting killed for picking on the wrong person but in reality he never really puts himself at risk, hes way too scared for that.
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i bought one once.
ended up only using it when helping a buddy move.
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Some actually believe the myth that it helps lower back.
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Some actually believe the myth that it helps lower back.
only whilst doing box squats....
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Once I stayed around 250lb and got a rowdy gh gut or slin gut , my posture seemed to go
Comes from sitting or standing for long periods and having a tight chest and just not pulling my shoulders back /at all at time //slouching
When I wear a belt it holds the gh gut in and helps me always to hold my shoulders back
Posture led to a hip I believe gettin tight and had some low back shit on one side for awhile
I think if you have a certain degree of thickness , MUSCULAR wise, a belt helps trigger postural cues and helps me align shoulds, spine (axial skeleton) even hips better
Just sayin tho
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only whilst doing box squats....
;D
Bah, still hadn't had an injury yet.
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I wore won and hurt my back. Stopped wearing it and back had been fine since.
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I wear it when I do heavy deadlifts and sometimes during benching.
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Haven't used one in decades. If an Olympic lifter can win a gold medal without one why am I wearing one to do sets of 315lbs deadlifts?
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Improves V taper look. ;D I'm guilty. I like the stability I feel plus I'm old (40) and makes me feel like I'm in Golds Venice in the 90's, lol.
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useful to teach some newbie a lesson in the gym.
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Back in the day we wore it all through the workout on every bodypart except abs.
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Looking at his pics, he has one of the best physiques on the board.
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I wear one for squats and deads, even at light weight. I have a trick back and it does seem to help me.
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Back in the day we wore it all through the workout on every bodypart except abs.
Bet you wish you'd held on to that belt.... I mean, imagine what a dinosaur-skin belt would fetch nowadays..? :D
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Haven't used a belt in 20 years. All I take to the gym is my towel and a couple of thin grip cloths...
Centuries ago when I owned my own gym, it was amusing to see how many guys would either walk in off the street - or back out again - wearing a fully cinched belt and some of those fingerless velcro lifting gloves ;D.... it can't have been a co-incidence that they were usually the ILS guys on Team Penguin Waddle....
Mind you, during this period I sported the obligatory fanny-pack/bum-bag, low-trap top and clown pants combination (oh brother :P), so who the f**k am I to judge!?...
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If Mike O'Hearn got big naturally without one then so can I.
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Its usually used by guys that have a gut to hold it in, or guys that have no v taper so they cinch it tight as fuck thinking it will give them one. They aren't needed unless you're a powerlifter.
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Use my trusty Inzer on heaviest lifts only.
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I was doing deadlifts last week and was told with weight that heavy I am going to get a hernia if I don't start wearing a belt to give my stomach support. I loled
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I like to wear my belt for most of my training exercises
Only not when Front or back squatting unless over 4plts a side
and not when I deadlift !!
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Why are you calling ukjeff 'twiggy?'
You can't seriously be calling him tiny.... are you? If so, that's pure 100% Getbigger right there.
yo, virgin village idiot...you can get of those saggy ganpa balls of be there's and star looking for some quality pussy.
aquariuuus!
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Gave it up 15 years ago and haven't considered one since.
Only wore it due to stupid BB magazines.
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Wore one for years when i was makingshituponthespot powerlifting.
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never wear one.
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