Great value and very effective

Review submitted on 24th May 2010 by Pete of GymRatZ

In order to give this weight lifting belt a true review I fished a medium sized belt from stock for my Jeans 34" Tape 36" waist and strapped myself in. I wanted to get a feel for the comfort in the situation it was most likely to dig in. i.e. an "Arse to Grass" full depth squat (or a true squat rather than the overloaded partials that most gym heroes call a squat).

So with our shop demo. Fat Bar loaded with a few 20's I fired out 20 reps.This belt was really easy to put on and tighten up. Yes I knew I was wearing a belt at the bottom of the squat as it was on the verge of starting to nudge it's way into the joint where leg meets body but I was deep and it wasn't uncomfortable or distracting.

Given that this was a new belt, off the shelf it was remarkably comfortable. I would expect with a few squat sessions it would become even more comfortable once the points of contact softened up a bit.

For the price it is un-beatable and gave full confidence in the squat.
Not a full 10 stars yet as I would need to review it after it had been broken in a bit more but for the money, even if it only lasts a year or two it's great value and does what a lifting belt is supposed to do.