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Quote from: Raptor on December 11, 2013, 07:22:04 am

Yeah they're really not... that's another one of your crazy self-imposed ideas based on nothing.

Not nothing, guilt from association with those who do heavy belted squat mornings but can't front squat (=leg and athletic check) for shit.

Well, then you'd be right haha

What a belt does is improving intra-abdominal pressure and CAN give you some proprioceptive feedback. I always wear a belt at heavy weights (think 130 kg+).

Why? Because 1) my core strength sucks and 2) this will allow me to use heavier weights and target my legs more.

The problem with the belt is when you wear it all the time.

Also, the reason why it creates more intraabdominal pressure is because you have something to push against with your belly. I don't actively "push against" when I wear it though, I just flatted my abs.

It's similar to this: imagine you make a fist in the air and try to get the best possible contraction in your triceps. Then do the same thing while pushing against a wall or something. You will get a better triceps contraction. Same with the abs and the belt.

http://www.youtube.com/user/catoaspmo

By the way - it's interesting that you mention you jumped well off one and touched the rim for the first time ever off one... maybe these hamstrings start to show up some added power, strength and stability in the plant? And maybe they also carried over in the 2-leg jump? Who knows? It could be the glutes, it could be the hams, it could just be you practicing jumping a lot.

I have a 64 cm thigh and a 46 cm quad at the VMO "level". So 25 inch and 18 inch. Left leg by the way. Right leg is 64 and 45.

On the leg press there's also the issue of letting one foot, on the toe, to hold the entire leg press, while I take the other foot off to put the entire foot on the plate so I can then lower the leg press "plate" back (to re-rack it).

So at one point I have to hold it with just one foot, on the toe, which is dangerous. With a barbell I can just step back off the plate that I'm doing the calf raises off and re-rack it.

Absolutely... I think at this point is just little things that he can do that could make a big difference, even at his current level of strength. He's basically right there.

590 lbs? Insane.