First: the role of waist support

Waist support is an important equipment in fitness. It can double your strength. It can not only protect your back, but also take care of your lumbar spine. Exercises like squats, hard pull, bench presses, and back pulls, waist support is necessary for these trainings. The advantage of waist brace is that it can help you construct a stable, rigid, introverted, pressurized, perfect, three-dimensional core structure. The role of waist support is not only to help you squat heavier, more importantly, it can help you reduce the fatigue of your lower back during training.

Second: fragile lower back

The lower back is the weakest part of the human body, and it is also the place where fatigue is most likely to accumulate. The cervical spine is less compressed throughout the trunk. The thoracic spine has a thoracic spine to assist in stability. Only the lumbar spine in the lower back supports the body. According to statistics, weightlifting and power lifting trainers rank first in lower back injuries. Wearing a waist protector can help alleviate this situation.

Third: when to use

The role of waist support is not to use it casually. If the amount is not too heavy, it is not recommended. However, if you train squats, hard pulls, and counterweights of 80% of your body weight in a week, and the total number of times is more than 50, you can consider it. Use the waist protector.

Fourth: How to choose

The common waist support in the gym is a weight-lifting belt, which is more suitable for practicing snatch, clean and jerk, and front squats. For squats, hard pulls, rowing, and bench presses, a wider and harder support waist support is more suitable.