Weightlifting belts are important for protecting your spine and relieving stress from your back, knees, and pelvis, ultimately allowing you to lift more weight for longer periods of time. Usage of a Cardillo Weight Belt is ideal for exercises like deadlifts, overhead presses, clean and jerks, bench presses, and squats.

DEADLIFTS

Deadlifts work out all the major muscles in your body, including your trapezius, glutes, hamstrings, hip, and core. This exercise is good for building muscle in both your upper and lower body, resulting in overall strength and increase in muscle mass. However, it puts excess amounts of stress on your bones, which can result in discomfort and pain, and eventually stress fractures. Wearing your Cardillo Weight Belt when performing this exercise will help to relieve you by increasing the intra-abdominal pressure, taking the stress off your body, and providing more stability in your movements.

OVERHEAD PRESSES

The overhead press is an exercise that works on your shoulder, upper-back, and tricep muscle development through a full range of motion. Though this exercise is fairly simple, performing it with heavy weights and no protection can lead to injuries in the shoulders and lower back, decreasing your shoulder mobility and resulting in overall pain and stiffness. Wearing a Cardillo Weight Belt when completing overhead presses is essential to keeping your back secured to complete heavier sets safely.

CLEAN AND JERKS

The clean and jerk is a full body movement that involves a two-part lift– beginning with a clean movement and ending with a jerk. This exercise requires swift movement and power to complete, primarily produced from the lower body. Targeting your quadriceps, hamstrings, glues, back, shoulders, and triceps, the clean and jerk is effective but can lead to serious injury. It is essential that you try to maintain good posture in the process, and Cardillo Weight Belt can help apply intra-abdominal pressure to remind you of this. Additionally, it will keep your core engaged and protect your spine in the process.

BENCH PRESSES

Bench presses work on several upper-body muscles, including the shoulders, chest, and triceps. Additional stress is placed on your core muscles, which is where your Cardillo Weight Belt comes into play. Wearing your belt for this exercise will allow you to generate more force, create a stronger arch, and become more stable, essentially allowing you to be protected and confident under a heavier load.

SQUATS

Squats challenge your glutes, hamstrings, hip flexors, and quadriceps, and are valuable for improving your bone strength. Wearing a Cardillo Weight Belt when completing this exercise reduces force on the spine, decreasing the chances of an injury. The intra-abdominal pressure helps to keep your core engaged to maintain proper positioning and form throughout the squat.