How to wear a fitness belt

Wearing a fitness belt cannot be done haphazardly. In fact, this is not the case. After putting on the belt, inhale moderately and tighten your abdomen slightly, lower your ribs to keep stable! At this point you can secure the belt buckle. After immobilizing, start breathing normally. At this time, you should feel even pressure from all sides of the belt pushing you inwards. If the belt feels too constricting and prevents you from breathing properly, you may need to make slight adjustments and make the strap holes one notch wider. Before losing weight, I weighed 130 kilograms. During the first 28-day fat burning period, I lost 20 kilograms and my weight was 110 kilograms. I went to the gym to find a professional fitness coach to help me lose weight. During this period, the coach taught me to wear a fitness belt correctly. , to assist me in exercising and losing weight. In fact, I don’t wear it most of the time.

The practical value of fitness belts

1. Support the waist and reduce the risk of injury

The waist is one of the most vulnerable parts of the human body, and problems with force generation patterns can easily lead to waist fatigue or even injury. When we wear a fitness belt for training, a harder belt can provide certain support for the waist, support the waist that is too bent, reduce fatigue on the lower back during training, and avoid some lumbar spine injury risks.

2. Improve your athletic performance

Since the waist is supported by a belt, the appropriate pressure generated makes the internal volume of the abdominal cavity smaller, and the intra-abdominal air pressure will increase significantly, allowing our most vulnerable lumbar vertebrae to be "tightly wrapped" and thus more stable. For example, squatting: You will find that you will have more "security" during training, and then you can focus more on finding the feeling of force in your legs and hips, and you can squat more weight when squatting.

When do you really need to wear a belt?

Powerlifters arch their waist high when bench pressing because this reduces the barbell's range of motion, allowing them to lift more weight. However, this posture is risky for the spine and requires wearing a belt.

In fact, I do not advocate using belts in every fitness training. At least for entry-level trainers, I think it is better not to rely too much on belts, which will ultimately delay one's all-round development.