Massive congrats on the PR mate.
A belt probably gives me around 75 to 100 lbs give or take.
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Damn. Thatās way more than I have experienced. Maybe I should look into it more and give it another try. Thanks!
For me personally, I never gauged. I will be putting that to the test for sure now and then give you actual feed back from my stand point!!!
Either you wear the belt very loosely, have a shitty belt or donāt know how to brace. Any one of those will drastically reduce the usefulness of a belt.
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To be fair, I guess I donāt allow myself to get within 50-75 lbs of my max without a belt so maybe I shouldnāt have guestimated its benefit.
@bigpappafrance thanks! Iām interested in seeing how much of a difference it make. I wonder the same thing for deadlifts too.
@MarkKO well, I canāt really attest to the quality of the belt. It was at a good military gym I had access to when I served and they were pretty good about getting good quality equipment. The belts were 4 inches all around and broken in thatās all I know about them. Now all I have is a 3 inch dominion strength belt that I got for deadlifting. Not sure how much good it will be on squats. In terms of tightness and bracing: I always tighten till itās snug and then go one or two notches tighter. Then I take a big belly breath of air, bear down and tighten my abs. Thatās how Iāve been doing it. Any tips?
The way Iāve been taught is to pull your abs inward, then make like youāre holding your pee. Then breathe into your belly and squeeze hard while squeezing your glutes.
Cool. Iāll give that a try.
Pooched today and now I know whst it means for a true ME day
ME LOWER
Warm Up
Hanging leg raises
Banded GM
Rev Hyper
Box Squats Wide stance ā14 boxā
Barx10
135x5
225x3
315x1
Added Sleeves
365x1
Added belt
405x1
455x1
475x1 - Box PR
RDL
225@5Ć5
Side bends
55@4Ć10
Free Time
Seated V Rows
Leg extensions
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Strong lifts man. What kind of program are you running?
Iām wondering this too. I saw you mentioned gorrilla method but didnāt find anything on it.
Its WSBB with a custom fit to myself. So obv gotta name it so it sounds fancy
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Oh lol. Misunderstood.
DE Upper
Warm up
Hanging Leg Raises
Standing crunches
Scarecrows
Face pulls
bench mini black(50lb) single chocked under bench
Barx10
135x5
185x3
205@8Ć2
Barbell Tate Press
135@5Ć5
Pull Ups
-130lb @5Ć5
Free time
Side Laterals
Curls
Face pulls
Note:
Ended up buys a set of 120lb band and 80 band. I think next week going to buy a cambered bar then the week after a SSB to add more to training then start buying chains
Dude you look like a high school football coach
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Ooooh I used to be one of the Lunel American Footbal teamās captain a few years ago. Had some nice skirmishes and exchanges of players with the Hurricanes and the Centurions. Going to follow this!
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@tlgains
I use to coach HS, but now I coach on the provincial team and a semi pro team.
@aldebaran
When did you play? I played in 2016 so a tad bit ago ahahah
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It was 2010-2015 so even older ahah
