Good evening, CT, Wondering if you have any experience working with a Belt Squat machine, specifically the Westside model, the Elite FTS model, or Matt Wenning’s model, and if you feel belt-squatting is beneficial for leg strength, given the reduced spinal load. Do you think these machines have ca…

Go to ironmind-store.com and get their super squats hip belt. It attaches to the bar front and rear. I straddle a smith machine and squat. Saves your spine and I get a great quad workout.

Could you use a good dip belt around waist and do this while standing on two boxes? my dip belt can hold 6 plates + comfortably

[image] Sigil: Could you use a good dip belt around waist and do this while standing on two boxes? my dip belt can hold 6 plates + comfortably I’ve done it, but at one point setting up becomes too much of a hassle to be worth the benefits IMHO. PERSONALLY anything that requires a lot of effo…

Gotcha - and probably why also you don’t like weigthed calisthenics (huge hassle putting load on etc.) vs. loading up a barbell Happy new yrs coach

[image] Sigil: Gotcha - and probably why also you don’t like weigthed calisthenics (huge hassle putting load on etc.) vs. loading up a barbell Right… same thing with the leg press… even rings in a Crossfit gyms since they are always set up too high

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Christian_Thibaudeau December 30, 2016, 12:51pm 2

I love them. The pit shark is also good. The Elite FTS model is awesome. Great way to train the squat pattern while deloading the back (actually decompresses the spine).

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