Fitness belt

Each of us goes in for sports to get a beautiful and healthy body, but sometimes heavy loads threaten injuries and other unpleasant consequences. Safety is the key rule of any sport. The fitness belt is designed to become a guarantee of safety and achievement of your goal.

Surprisingly, some beginners buy themselves an athletic belt just to imitate experienced athletes, without even thinking about the purpose of wearing it. This approach is fundamentally wrong, because the constant wearing of this device in the gym can adversely affect the girdle muscles.

To explain this phenomenon, it is important to learn some facts from anatomy. So, a person has by nature his own muscular “belt”. It consists of the muscles of the abdomen and some muscles of the trunk. Their work is simple and complex at the same time. By contracting, they increase the pressure inside the abdominal cavity, which ensures that the spine is kept in an upright position. The muscles of the back and the press prepared and trained in this way are the natural and best mechanism given to us for sports.

And yet the weightlifting belt has a place to be.The fact is that during strength training, the loads can be so high that an additional frame is simply necessary for the muscles, minimizing the possibility of injury.

You should not get carried away wearing it, because the time in training spent in the belt is equivalent to the time when the abdominal muscles are at rest and not involved in any way. They quickly get used to relaxation, making the body weakened. Therefore, experts recommend putting on the model at the beginning of the approach and taking it off after it ends. A small weight is lifted without additional devices, training and healing your body.

Athletic belts are divided into two large groups:

• weightlifting;
• for powerlifting.

In the first case, the model has a wide back and a narrow front. This design allows the athlete to easily bend forward and lift weights.

The second option provides for an equal width of the back and front. Powerlifting gear is indispensable for heavy deadlifts and squats.

There is also a specific male type of belt with weights for pull-ups. It is a wide belt with a chain, on which the necessary load is easily fixed. The chain and fasteners are very strong, because sometimes the weight reaches up to 50 kilograms.

A model for women, in addition to a supporting function, can also have aesthetic properties. The slimming belt made of elastic material allows you to visually tighten the figure, create the effect of "sauna". Abundant sweating under the belt provokes contraction of even small muscles, which, of course, has a positive effect on the process of losing weight.

The choice of a belt should be conscious and thorough, because not only the result of classes, but also your own health can depend on this.

Experts strongly recommend a preliminary fitting before purchasing or, in extreme cases, taking measurements with a centimeter tape. A belt that is well-chosen in size should be fastened to the middle hole, because in the process of playing sports, body weight can be gained or, on the contrary, reduced, which means that there should be a margin.

Dimensional grids of well-known companies often coincide with each other. So, the waist size of 62-80 cm corresponds to the size S, 72-90 - M, 82-100 cm is equivalent to the size L. However, using values ​​without checking the dimensional grid of a particular manufacturer is impractical and is fraught with an unsuccessful purchase.

Speaking about the size, we can not say about the width of the product. A wide powerlifting belt averages 10 centimetres. The same distance can be observed on the back side of the weightlifting belt.

Today, athletic belt models are made from a wide variety of materials, which significantly affects their cost.

The most democratic are synthetic belts made of nylon and other mixed fibers. Their strength is at a low level, which means that the use of such models for weightlifters is impractical. At the same time, synthetic fabrics perfectly cope with small female loads, allowing you to significantly save the budget. The specific material here is neoprene, which is used to create slimming gear.

The second place in the price category is occupied by leatherette models. Their strength is superior to nylon models, and the closure style has options that are different from Velcro fabric competitors.

The best and most durable option is a natural leather belt. At the same time, the skin should be multi-layered, because the maximum strength of the belt is provided here.

The flexibility of the material is a fundamentally important selection criterion, especially when it comes to weightlifting belts. Numerous forward bends of the athlete should not be constrained by the belt, and therefore the latter should bend well, without breaking and digging into the skin. Genuine leather equipment with special zigzag stitching of leather layers is considered a flexible model for professionals.

A properly selected clasp will allow you to forget about the belt for the duration of the workout, which means that you need to approach its choice responsibly.

Fastener types:

• double-row metal clasp - typical for leather belts and leatherette models;
• Velcro fastener, quickly becoming unusable and weakening under the influence of strength exercises;
• carabiner lock - one of the most convenient forms of fasteners;
• ratchet mechanism - an advanced model that allows you to easily fasten and unfasten equipment without spending effort on the process.

Professionals recommend using equipment exclusively for approaches, whether it be barbell pulls or pull-ups. The end of the approach should be accompanied by the removal of the belt.

In addition, experts give some tips on putting on the design. So, a sports belt is applied with a wide part to the back, after which it is tightly fixed with a fastener in front. The powerlifting model is also tightly fixed, positioned as close to the pelvic bones as possible.

Model for weight loss from neoprene, experts advise to put on a cotton T-shirt, not recommending the use of this product daily. In addition, such belts that increase perspiration require additional cleaning of the body, for example, with a scrub.

When looking for a good model, it is wiser to trust trusted companies and brands with a good reputation. You can always find a lot of information about them and take into account all the design features.

Especially often you can see low-quality weight loss equipment from unknown companies. Women buy them but then regret buying them. A proven brand in this industry can be considered a company Waist Beltoffering a velcro sauna belt. The model is distinguished by neoprene material and the width of the product, equal to 21 cm.

Torneo - a brand that has established itself as a manufacturer of high-quality synthetic belts. Their cost is in the range of 700 rubles.

Genuine leather models represent brands Grizzly and Raw power. The cost for high-quality models varies from 2000 to 3000 rubles.

Fitness equipment is becoming more and more popular among amateur athletes. At the same time, both leather and synthetic belts are favored. According to users, the fabric belt withstands small loads with dignity and even after six months of use it looks quite acceptable. Velcro is slowly but surely weakening.

Users with constant high loads prefer leather models. In their opinion, they perfectly hold their backs and serve for more than one year. However, such models also have not avoided imperfections. So, models with buckles are produced in limited sizes and sometimes it becomes a problem to choose a perfectly fitting model for yourself. In expensive models on carbines, such a nuisance is not observed.

A lot of positive opinions can be seen about neoprene models for weight loss. Classes in them in the gym effectively reduce the time for losing weight in the abdomen. At the same time, users note that being in a belt in a chair in front of the TV does not bring either convenience or the cherished removal of extra centimeters from the waist.

You can see more about what athletic belts are in the next video.