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Ep. #997: Q&A: Plant vs. Whey Protein, My Favorite Split, Tips For Young Lifters, and More

Muscle for Life with Mike Matthews

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Why You Might Want to Use a Weightlifting Belt

The reason is not so much safety many people think that the belt prevents injury. What it does more so is improved performance because what it allows you to do is increase the intra abdominal pressure. The amount of pressure in your torso that you generate when you Hold your breath and you tense your stomach like you're about to get punched in the stomach. That's why I use the belt when I squat deadlift and overhead press the Increase in strength is noticeable. It makes me at least 10 maybe even 20 pounds stronger like my 1RM goes up. So that's why you might want to use a belt now as for when I wouldn't recommend using it right away, but after probably your first year

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