OK I am dumb but when do you need the belt thing?

**Ntpadude** · 05-26-2005, 07:31 AM

OK I never went over this with a trainer. When do you need to put that hernia preventing belt on? I know this is not quite a steroid question but seeing I am lifting ever heavier and heavier as a result of steroids and not using a belt now. Exactly what type of exercises should I be using on to prevent hernia?

**FrkyBgStok** · 05-26-2005, 07:36 AM

if it isn't a steroid question, don't put it in trhe steroid forum.

**Whoisdaman** · 05-26-2005, 07:51 AM

Originally Posted by Ntpadude

I know this is not quite a steroid question

Yeah, no shit... workout forum

**yung-priest** · 05-26-2005, 07:52 AM

deads, squats n i even c some who use it on bench

**FrkyBgStok** · 05-26-2005, 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by Whoisdaman

Yeah, no shit... workout forum

this is even coming from an anabolic member.

**Ntpadude** · 05-26-2005, 08:00 AM

Originally Posted by yung-priest

deads, squats n i even c some who use it on bench

Thats what I thought... I see some guys wearing them the entire time they are in gym, even on machines. So it had me wondering, wanted to make sure I wasnt missing something. One guy was saying you should wear it on a weighted ab crunch machines but seems the belt gets in the way.

**powerlifter007** · 05-26-2005, 10:55 AM

If the lift you are about to attempt will make you strain like shit, then you use a belt. A belt is really only needed when you are doing a squat, leg press, or deadlift. A heavy good morning is also a lift you would want to have a belt on for. If I feel like the lift could make me strain enough to shit my pants, I usually wear a belt. If you wear a belt all of the time you will just make your abs weaker and as a result develop back problems. Never wear a belt throughout the whole workout.

**stocky121** · 05-26-2005, 10:58 AM

just wear your belt when you need to don't have it on all the time like a tool

**BigJames** · 05-26-2005, 10:58 AM

Originally Posted by powerlifter007

If the lift you are about to attempt will make you strain like shit, then you use a belt. A belt is really only needed when you are doing a squat, leg press, or deadlift. A heavy good morning is also a lift you would want to have a belt on for. If I feel like the lift could make me strain enough to shit my pants, I usually wear a belt. If you wear a belt all of the time you will just make your abs weaker and as a result develop back problems. Never wear a belt throughout the whole workout.

Exactly. Belts work by stabilizing the mid-section through pressure, but they also work by causing a natural neurological response in your abdominal wall - the pressure of the belt causes the abdominal wall muscles to tense up and push out against the belt. I have read that nerve damage in the abdomin can occur from over use of a weight belt. I cannot remember where I read it though...I will try to find the source.

**BigJames** · 05-26-2005, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by stocky121

just wear your belt when you need to don't have it on all the time like a tool

Again...exactly.

**rawdog** · 05-26-2005, 11:10 AM

Originally Posted by Ntpadude

OK I never went over this with a trainer. When do you need to put that hernia preventing belt on? I know this is not quite a steroid question but seeing I am lifting ever heavier and heavier as a result of steroids and not using a belt now. Exactly what type of exercises should I be using on to prevent hernia?

i'm no post nazi...but no answer for you wrong forum