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Remember the bar should always have a straight path, so you must be bending your knees too quickly.
@Somnambulist thanks for that video. I think i must be quite inflexible because I can only get to knee level doing that without my back starting to round. I am proportionally long legged and short torso'd. My deadlift starts with my back almost horizontal to the ground.
On another topic - belts. I am looking for a 3" belt because my 4" belt digs into my ribs on deadlifts. Ive searched google and there isn't a lot of choice in the UK.
* strengthshop 13mm synthetic leather belt £50 https://www.strengthshop.co.uk/belts/strengthshop-13mm-single-prong-buckle-belt-3inch-wide.html
* modifit c.8mm real leather belt £60 https://mobilitytools.co.uk/products/modifit-retro-3-powerlifting-belt-hand-made-in-uk?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google Shopping&cmp_id=1691757776&adg_id=69522388314&kwd=&device=c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8qGSqt-O4wIVzLztCh0tFg19EAYYCCABEgIH0vD_BwE&variant=20115155648612
Or do I spend the extra few quid to get one imported from best belts in the US. http://www.bestbelts.net/Powerlifting-Belts/The-3-Inch-Belt.aspx
$100 plus shipping and import taxes.
Edit - shipping of the best belt is over £50 extra. Belt is already most expensive. I think thats too much money
What is this fascination with belts (not just danlightbulb)?
I am still not convinced that any of you lifting less than 2.5/3*BW need them.
When I was squatting heavy (relatively speaking of course), a belt helped me stay tight. I think they are very good things to use.
I think most people don't need them and would benefit from better training and form.
What is this fascination with belts (not just danlightbulb)?
I am still not convinced that any of you lifting less than 2.5/3*BW need them.
They are strongly recommended, even required, by the Starting Strength program.
I'd also add that when my press got heavy (relatively speaking of course) a belt helped stop my back from hyper extending.
I saw the best ego lifting today. A guy grabs a 34kg dumbbell to curl on the curling platform. He manages 6 inches of movement, at best. I'm hammer curling and just going through my program and he obviously felt threatened and switches to a 40kg dumbbell. This time he manages at best 2 inches . He looks like at some point he was decently strong and I think in his head he is clinging onto this. It looked quite scary at times. It then gets worse when he starts giving advice to one of the women in there
Because Starting Strength is about - eventually - lifting heavy. I would quite happily disagree with Mr. Ripptoe on this, simply because most (if not all) novice lifters have weak core muscles and don't know how to brace their core. He does make a useful point about belts helping proprioception, but that's like saying brushing your hair against a low ceiling helps you avoid it: very true, but probably better to use your eyes
The thing that I've observed which I don't like is when someone picks the dumbells they want from the rack and then proceeds to stand very close to it, resulting in other people not being able to access or put back the weights that they wish to use. Bugs the hell out of me.
On another topic - belts. I am looking for a 3" belt because my 4" belt digs into my ribs on deadlifts. Ive searched google and there isn't a lot of choice in the UK.
* strengthshop 13mm synthetic leather belt £50 https://www.strengthshop.co.uk/belts/strengthshop-13mm-single-prong-buckle-belt-3inch-wide.html
* modifit c.8mm real leather belt £60 https://mobilitytools.co.uk/products/modifit-retro-3-powerlifting-belt-hand-made-in-uk?utm_medium=cpc&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=Google Shopping&cmp_id=1691757776&adg_id=69522388314&kwd=&device=c&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI8qGSqt-O4wIVzLztCh0tFg19EAYYCCABEgIH0vD_BwE&variant=20115155648612
Or do I spend the extra few quid to get one imported from best belts in the US. http://www.bestbelts.net/Powerlifting-Belts/The-3-Inch-Belt.aspx
$100 plus shipping and import taxes.
Edit - shipping of the best belt is over £50 extra. Belt is already most expensive. I think thats too much money
What is this fascination with belts (not just danlightbulb)?
I am still not convinced that any of you lifting less than 2.5/3*BW need them.
Honestly they can make quite a big difference, especially with maintaining form while fatigued, which is what I focus the use of mine towards. They have to be used correctly though, if your form sucks ass they wont help, in fact they will give a false sense of doing things correctly when really not and snap city is not far off.
Ha....yeah I am not so sure lolIndeed, and I know how you train.