When you perform daily tasks and lift properly your core musculature should be all that you need to support your spine. Assuming you’re healthy, these muscles should do a great job on their own. You have your rectus abdominis (abs) in the front, internal and external obliques on the sides, and erector spinae in the back just to name a few.
Your body comes fully equipped with an “inner” weight belt that’s primary purpose is to stabilize your spine and prevent injury to that area. 1 What’s more is that those who are injured actually risk a more severe injury when using a belt! Your “Inner” Weight Lifting Belt Stuart McGill PhD, author of some great books on spinal mechanics, notes that motor and motion patterns are altered by wearing a belt, thus increasing the risk for injury when the belt is not worn. In fact, constantly wearing a weightlifting belt cause problems by giving you a false sense of security, and, in some cases, cause muscular imbalances and injuries. Many believe a weight lifting belt will help prevent injury, protect your back, increase strength, improve your form, and help you function better-all of which are false. And if you’re that guy in the weight room concerned with building huge muscles and looking good naked you definitely don’t need one. In my experience, unless you are a competitive powerlifter you probably don’t need one. Weightlifting belts are nothing new in the fitness world, but what most people don’t realize is they are completely unnecessary for healthy individuals. Walk into any health club and you’ll likely see some ‘fitness’ guy walking around the weight room wearing a cushy weight lifting belt on his abdomen.
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