When should I use a waist band? Why?

If you're a new fitness friend, you don't need to buy a Waist Band right away. If you have achieved 80% of your body weight in squatting and hard pulling training, and the total number of squatting and hard pulling training is more than 50 times a week, you can consider using a waist band.

Some bodybuilders will think that the use of the waist band will reduce the stability of the trunk. Once the waist band is not used, it is difficult to squat up the normal training weight. This idea is a bit thoughtful.
Before using the waist band, you should learn that the recovery speed of different parts of the body is different in squatting and hard pulling. The recovery speed of the legs is faster than the lower back.

The lower back is the most vulnerable part of the human body, and it is also the most prone place to accumulate fatigue. In the whole trunk segment, the compression of cervical vertebra is smaller, the thorax helps stabilize the thoracic spine, the lower back can only be supported by the lumbar spine.

According to statistics, among the injuries related to weight lifting and strength, lower back injuries ranked first, knee joint injuries ranked second. The incidence of chronic injury in many athletes is more than 70%, while the incidence of stable injury is less than 30%. The role of the waist band is not only to help you squat more weight, it is more important to help you in training to reduce lower back fatigue.

It should also be noted that when you can squat 180kg with the Waist Support Band, you are fully capable of carrying out 140-150kg without the waist band. When you can squat 140-150 kg without waist support band, it doesn't mean you can complete 180 kg squat with waist band.

The waist support band help you finish more times under the same weight and the same lower back pressure. But you will not gain more core stability without the waist band.

The most important training value of the waist support band is to help you complete a higher intensity and larger capacity training program without injury.