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Originally Posted by Josh J
this is wrong. using a belt wont give you a weaker core. keep resting on your crap laurels like the rest of the clueless personal trainers.
Thanks for your bare assertion.
The reason that it will eventually give you a weaker core, than if you hadn't used one, is that the belt will do the job of a stronger core allowing your muscles to not have to develop. The empirical evidence of this is overwhelming.
It's like using an ankle brace for the rest of your career: sure, it will allow you to do things initially that you wouldn't have been able to because of a potentially weakened ankle (say, through injury) but the crutch of the brace will eventually lead to a less strong ankle in the long term. It's just like how your balls shrink from taking steroids: your body doesn't need to produce its own testosterone so they shrink through non-use.
Using a weight belt will reduce the need for a developed core leading to a weaker core than not using one.
You don't see regular (professional) athletes ever using a weight belt for this very reason. You only see extreme powerlifters using them
in competition. They won't use one in training (unless they're nearing their periodization peak near a competition where they're simulating competition lifts).