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“I'm obsessed with these right now. I think I sent you a video. I don't think you've done it yet. You need to do it. And that is using the weight belt with a chain attached to it and anchored across on the squat rack with it. And I like it for two big reasons. Yeah. So you understand what I'm describing, right?”
“your chest, but with a heavier weight, it's really hard to hold on to. So one thing that I did is I put it on a weight belt, which created a little shelf, and I'd put the 45-pound plate on the weight belt in front of me. And then I'd do my so I think you're gonna love this even more than like that because then you're gonna you're gonna make almost like a table even more when you when you do that.”
“And I'm reading my question now. The first question I have is about a weightlifting belt. My trainer thought maybe that would be the route to go, but I remember from previous episodes, you guys have discussed the pros and cons of weightlifting belts.”
“So I don't, if you guys could speak to that first. Sure. So, so here's what a with a weightlifting belt does. Okay. So let's say your max deadlift for your set is 225 and you normally would lift it without a belt.”
“Okay. But this is what happens. You would end up adding weight to the bar so you could lift heavier weight. So a weightlifting belt does increase core stability, but it does so through an unnatural way. Okay. It's the opposite bracing effect.”