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  • val.
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    146 posts since Jul '07
    • 29 Nov `07, 10:12PM

      after a gym session i’ll have some aches esp in the lower back area.. i understand this is due to bad form when lifting weights. how do i rectify this problem, cause i have a tendency to use my waist strength to overcome the weights.. thanks. and where can i get those waist belts to support my waist? how much is it

  • airgrinder
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    2,029 posts since May '01
    • 29 Nov `07, 10:17PM
      Originally posted by val.:
      after a gym session i'll have some aches esp in the lower back area.. i understand this is due to bad form when lifting weights. how do i rectify this problem, cause i have a tendency to use my waist strength to overcome the weights.. thanks. and where can i get those waist belts to support my waist? how much is it

      Look at urself in the mirror when working out? Use much lighter weights to practise the form, to feel the correct muscles working before progressing to heavier ones?

      Think waist belts actually weaker your waist.

  • galapogos
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    493 posts since May '07
    • 30 Nov `07, 12:28AM

      What are you actually doing that causes the pain? Squats? Deads? Will need to see your form to see what’s wrong. It could be that your glutes aren’t firing, hence you either flex or hyperextend your back to compensate for this, putting the load on your lower back, hence causing the pain.

  • eagle
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    16,354 posts since Aug '01
    • 02 Dec `07, 9:10AM

      do you train your lower back? Or do you just train other parts of the body with little emphasis to your back? I know a group of my friends who do just that, but they do not want to change

  • val.
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    146 posts since Jul '07
    • 17 Dec `07, 10:16PM

      i dont do exercises that isolates my lower back.. do my back only.. the lats and wings.. like lat pulldown, deadlifts, bent over rows and squats for the thighs..

  • OPT
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    419 posts since Aug '06
    • 18 Dec `07, 10:32PM

      So deadlifts are a back exercise now??

      1. I would guess you are using incorrect form.

      2. You have poor core strength.

      3. You have a number of muscle imbalances.

      Will a belt fix these.... NO.....

      Should you use a belt.... NO

  • eagle
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    16,354 posts since Aug '01
    • 19 Dec `07, 6:01PM
      Originally posted by OPT:
      Will a belt fix these.... NO.....

      Should you use a belt.... NO

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