Posts Tagged ‘Lifting’
is deadlifting a contest in the summer olympics?
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This is an ongoing argument in the lifting community. Some people always use belts, while other people never do. Of the people that do use them most often they are used during heavy or max weights, or while doing lifts that put a lot of strain on your back such as squat or dead lift. I used to always use a belt while doing power cleans, and squats etc. but I’ve recently stopped altogether.
I know that some athletic programs such as the University of Oregon football team have no belts in their weight room and they frequently have players putting up tremendous amounts of weight on high back strain lifts (such as clean and jerk, squat etc.). The theory behind this is by not wearing a belt you are strengthening the muscles enough to not need one.
I would like to hear other people’s opinions.