Posted in Gym Equipment on May 14th, 2008
Do you need a weight lifting belt? Gym folklore says wearing a weight belt increases lower back safety. It also says weight belts increase abdominal pressure, which allows you to lift more weight. Let’s see if this is true.
Posted in Gym Equipment on Mar 13th, 2008
For barbells, material fatigue, material quality, weight load, impact or a combination of all of these can cause failures. The point of failure is most likely where the bar diameter is smallest such as within the grooves cut near the knurls of the bar. A 2nd major point of failure is due to load and impact and tend to be about 1 plate width away from the collar.