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2. These 10 Weightlifting Belts Are Worthy of Your Next PR - AOL

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   Discover the top weightlifting belts for men, tested and reviewed by experts. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

3. Weightlifting belt - Wikipedia

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   The belt is usually used in exercises where the lower back gets a heavy load, like the squat, deadlift [3], or military press. There are mixed reviews regarding the usage of weight lifting belts. On one hand the belt decreases stress on stabilizer muscles, but on the other hand these muscles get less benefit from the same exercise.

4. List of weight training exercises - Wikipedia

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   The deadlift is performed by lifting a weight off of the floor until fully upright. This is a compound exercise that also involves the glutes, lower back, lats, trapezius (upper back), and, to a lesser extent, the quadriceps and the calves. Lifting belts are often used to help support the lower back.

5. Transverse abdominal muscle - Wikipedia

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   The TVA also (involuntarily) contracts during many lifts; it is the body's natural weight-lifting belt, stabilizing the spine and pelvis during lifting movements. It has been estimated that the contraction of the TVA and other muscles reduces the vertical pressure on the intervertebral discs by as much as 40%. [6]

6. Exercise equipment - Wikipedia

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   A selection of home exercise equipment: yoga blocks, yoga mat, dumbbells, pull-up/chin-up bar, push-up handles and gloves. Exercise equipment is any apparatus or device used during physical activity to enhance the strength or conditioning effects of that exercise by providing either fixed or adjustable amounts of resistance, or to otherwise enhance the experience or outcome of an exercise routine.

7. Mechanical advantage device - Wikipedia

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   Consider lifting a weight with rope and pulleys. A rope looped through a pulley attached to a fixed spot, e.g. a barn roof rafter, and attached to the weight is called a single pulley. It has a mechanical advantage (MA) = 1 (assuming frictionless bearings in the pulley), moving no mechanical advantage (or disadvantage) however advantageous the ...