At the start. Don't listen to the apes who tell you it's not manly. Having a bad back doesn't make you a man. Take all precautions to avoid Injury anon
There's no arbitrary limit, I used my belt religiously for one year above a certain weight on different lifts, then one day I stopped and discovered that it doesn't matter nearly as much as I though it would. If your belted lifts go up, your beltless ones does too, it's not a crutch for poor bracing and execution.
Belt doesn't help you if you don't know how to brace properly to begin with.
Get it and use it whenever, for me it doesn't make that much of a difference belt vs beltless. However be aware that it can mess with your position on some lifts, no belt + proper position and bracing -> belt with shitty position.
You should get a belt if you want to compete in powerlifting and set the highest total you can. Otherwise there's no reason to use one.
Belt doesn't reduce risk of injury. In fact, it increases risk of injury if you always use a belt and then suddenly try to lift heavy without one.
The risk of injury is almost completely dependent on how neutral you keep your back during heavy lifts. Ego lifting on deadlifts, often seen on people wearing belts, is what causes injury and belts do nothing to prevent or protect against that.
Don't listen to that anon, everyone think it's cringe when some out of shape dyel uses a belt to squat 1 pl8 or straps to deadlift 2 pl8s. Wait untill you hit a 3 pl8 squat before thinking about buying equipment. No, a belt won't protect you from injury - if anything it'll make you attempt more weight than you can handle and end up snapping your shit up
I wouldn't put the belt on until it starts to get hard. Just wear it for your top working weight, maybe the last warmup. But you should get proper shoes right away.
I have some minimalist barefoot type shoes, I'll wear them when I start going to a real gym. I'm just in my parents basement, but if things go according to plan I'll run out of weights thins year, also the ceiling is to low to do OHP standing.
>I'm doing starting strength.
uh oh
At the start. Don't listen to the apes who tell you it's not manly. Having a bad back doesn't make you a man. Take all precautions to avoid Injury anon
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Just don't use it for every set every time, don't wear it for warm ups or lighter working sets
I just don't want to snap my shit. I've never had an injury and I'd like to keep it that way.
Just keep your form perfectly. Don't increase weights until you can complete all your reps in correct form
There's no arbitrary limit, I used my belt religiously for one year above a certain weight on different lifts, then one day I stopped and discovered that it doesn't matter nearly as much as I though it would. If your belted lifts go up, your beltless ones does too, it's not a crutch for poor bracing and execution.
Belt doesn't help you if you don't know how to brace properly to begin with.
Get it and use it whenever, for me it doesn't make that much of a difference belt vs beltless. However be aware that it can mess with your position on some lifts, no belt + proper position and bracing -> belt with shitty position.
You should get a belt if you want to compete in powerlifting and set the highest total you can. Otherwise there's no reason to use one.
Belt doesn't reduce risk of injury. In fact, it increases risk of injury if you always use a belt and then suddenly try to lift heavy without one.
The risk of injury is almost completely dependent on how neutral you keep your back during heavy lifts. Ego lifting on deadlifts, often seen on people wearing belts, is what causes injury and belts do nothing to prevent or protect against that.
Terrible advice. Belt lets you lift heavier with bad form.
3pl8 or 2x your body weight, whatever comes first
Don't listen to that anon, everyone think it's cringe when some out of shape dyel uses a belt to squat 1 pl8 or straps to deadlift 2 pl8s. Wait untill you hit a 3 pl8 squat before thinking about buying equipment. No, a belt won't protect you from injury - if anything it'll make you attempt more weight than you can handle and end up snapping your shit up
>Wait untill you hit a 3 pl8 squat before thinking about buying equipment
3 plates each side or 3 plates maximum?
>he doesnt know
2 on the right side and a single one on the left
You should get a belt and shoes and chalk at least. Learn to valsalvus. I wear the belt when I get close to body weight.
>I'm doing starting strength
Your dad should have given you more belts
Bodybuilders that I know say you should start using belts only when you're squatting at least 100kgs
If you can do ab wheel you won't need one.
I wouldn't put the belt on until it starts to get hard. Just wear it for your top working weight, maybe the last warmup. But you should get proper shoes right away.
>But you should get proper shoes right away.
Why? I can go atg barefoot without my heels leaving the ground.
Barefoot is also fine, you just want a solid surface under your feet. So no running shoes or anything cushiony.
I have some minimalist barefoot type shoes, I'll wear them when I start going to a real gym. I'm just in my parents basement, but if things go according to plan I'll run out of weights thins year, also the ceiling is to low to do OHP standing.