Belt Placement & Tightness

Training Powerlifting
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Just wondering how everyone sets up their belt for the three different lifts. I am new to powerlifting and competing RAW in my first few meets.

Currently I have the belt sitting as low as possible for squats and with enough room to be able get a couple fingers in there and for deadz I have it a bit higher and as tight as possible. But I have no idea where and how tight I should have it for the bench, and does it even make a difference at this point in my lifting career.

2

I never wear a belt when benching raw; the only reason I wear one with a shirt is to hold it down.

For me, I wear it as tight as possible for squats and deadlifts when raw. I wear it much, much looser when wearing equipment.

3

I do the same for squats and deads. I actually wear a carpenter’s belt for benching to hold my shirt down. A powerlifting belt makes it harder to arch.

4

[quote]Wild_Iron_Gym wrote:
I do the same for squats and deads. I actually wear a carpenter’s belt for benching to hold my shirt down. A powerlifting belt makes it harder to arch.[/quote]

Yeah, my bench belt is 2" wide instead of 4". I never tried the 4" belt, as I am pretty short waisted with a big arch - I knew it wouldn’t work.

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I wear mine pretty tight and sitting on top of my hips for the squat, and for deadlifting I wear it a little higher and one notch looser. I am not much of a deadlifter though, so take that advice with a grain of salt.

6

squat: low ontop of the hips
DL: a little higher

i dont wear my belt as tight as possible. i feel like i can’t get a breathe if i do and i just get a huge pressure in my head

7

Bench I wear a leather tool belt from Home Depot just to hold the shirt down. Squat and deadlift are both yoinked pretty low and loosish. Looser on deads though. I don’t like it super tight. I get the black spot, pass out head exploding feeling.

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I am a raw lifter as well. I wear my belt very tight and touching my hips on my squat. I don’t wear a belt on my bench and I don’t normally wear one on my deadlift either (trying to be like Konstantin). I can hit over a 3x body weight deadlift without one, so I guess it’s safe :stuck_out_tongue: