Hey Kyle, here is a section from my latest newsletter, show this to your "friend" lol
Using a belt is no different. A belt is a mental band aid as far as I’m concerned. The best example I have is of the two experienced lifters I’ve had train at PTC. James and Louie were big strong guys when they came to PTC, both having deadlifted 200kg, with belts. I don’t allow belts with my clients, and they took some convincing to not use them. I could sense they weren’t comfortable deadlifting without one. They eventually deadlifted 250kg without a belt, to go with their 180kg squats and 140kg bench press. All their PB’s were achieved at PTC without a belt. Louie subsequently went back to training at his own gym and ran into problems with his back, James continues to lift at PTC and has powercleaned 126kg, squat 150kg x 20 and deadlift 200kg x 11, all without a belt.
If in your mind you think you need a belt, despite of all the evidence around you of guys lifting much more weight than you without one, you are weak of mind. Pointing out lifters that lift more than raw athletes with a belt is pointless if both groups are lifting more than you. Here’s a challenge, catch the guys without a belt then work at catching the guys with one.
I’m pretty confident that band aid wearers won’t change their thought process. This example clearly shows that some lifters are mentally tougher than others. They don’t even consider wearing a belt, where the weak lifter needs his belt, or at least he thinks he does.
Recently someone I know had a disagreement with a hero on another website, who was boasting of his lifts with a belt. When my friend gave him an example of a younger, inexperienced, lighter lifter lifting more weight without one, he was attacked by the hero, questioning this guys lifts. Rather than giving praise to the younger guy, his ego was dented. Mentally weak. The fact is the hero’s lifts are great, but don’t tell others they need a belt to achieve them
Using a belt is no different. A belt is a mental band aid as far as I’m concerned. The best example I have is of the two experienced lifters I’ve had train at PTC. James and Louie were big strong guys when they came to PTC, both having deadlifted 200kg, with belts. I don’t allow belts with my clients, and they took some convincing to not use them. I could sense they weren’t comfortable deadlifting without one. They eventually deadlifted 250kg without a belt, to go with their 180kg squats and 140kg bench press. All their PB’s were achieved at PTC without a belt. Louie subsequently went back to training at his own gym and ran into problems with his back, James continues to lift at PTC and has powercleaned 126kg, squat 150kg x 20 and deadlift 200kg x 11, all without a belt.
If in your mind you think you need a belt, despite of all the evidence around you of guys lifting much more weight than you without one, you are weak of mind. Pointing out lifters that lift more than raw athletes with a belt is pointless if both groups are lifting more than you. Here’s a challenge, catch the guys without a belt then work at catching the guys with one.
I’m pretty confident that band aid wearers won’t change their thought process. This example clearly shows that some lifters are mentally tougher than others. They don’t even consider wearing a belt, where the weak lifter needs his belt, or at least he thinks he does.
Recently someone I know had a disagreement with a hero on another website, who was boasting of his lifts with a belt. When my friend gave him an example of a younger, inexperienced, lighter lifter lifting more weight without one, he was attacked by the hero, questioning this guys lifts. Rather than giving praise to the younger guy, his ego was dented. Mentally weak. The fact is the hero’s lifts are great, but don’t tell others they need a belt to achieve them