When you start lifting heavy in the gym, people will start to notice you. Some might even say good job, and some might even warn you about lifting heavy especially when you are deadlifting. Today, I want to talk a little bit about how to talk to other deadlifter why some of them are lifting heavy weight but do not wear a belt.
Instead of using "you have to wear a belt?" try using "why you don't wear a weight lifting belt?".It shows that you are asking him why not wear a belt instead of telling him to tell one.If he look like a newbie in the gym and start lifting heavy (maybe 50% of his bw??) but with terrible form,you can tell him the worst case will happen if he does not correct his form and do not wear belt if this is his first time in lifting the weight.Now, if he lifting heavy (more than his body weight) with a proper form (maybe not perfect,but his arching his back and other stuff) , you should ask why he does not wear a weight lifting belt.Why you should ask like that?Well maybe because what you considered heavy,it is light weight to him.What he is lifting may not even be his 1RM.So why should he bothered with a belt when he can easily lift it with no help from a belt at all. He maybe will respond "Nah man,I don't wear it yet because this is still light weight to me.I'll start wearing it when I start going heavy".See~~ you don't insult him,you just ask him why. He will not feel insulted (much).In case of some of you guys wondering what is good starting form for deadlift, here's a picture.
Deadlifting Form
So,that is it for today.The reason why I wrote this is because there is so many gym people start commenting me harshly on not wearing a belt while deadlifting. I told them "This is my warm up,I'll wear it when I start going heavy" and then they will respond "You will F**K up your back bad man".I just say thanks for the advice while preparing 80kg deadlift.Start using why instead of should.There's gotta
be a reason for it.So,that's it for today.I'm really sorry for my poor english ヽ(*´Д`*)ノ and thanks for reading.
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