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I would have agreed with you strictly from a purist perspective b/c the squats go something like:

text book paused ATG FS -> text book paused ATG BS -> ... -> belted barely parallel lowbar squat

but purity aside, what's best for athleticism? it need not be the exact same thing.

belts help with IAP yes but that's not all they're doing. They also help the leg muscles contract harder (hams, quads, glutes). That part might be cause or effect (im not sure) but the effects all put together are helping train the lower body to contract more forcefully. Now with the belt the torso also has greater time under tension AND finally for most ppl the belt helps exactly where the squat gets hardest (the sticking point) which is about halfway up. The belt allows you to continue producing force at that very point to help complete the lift (more time under tension). It's basically a way to make the squat more efficient. The IAP alone might be worth the price of admission but if that's all it was achieving it's not why it's a more athletic way to squat. I'm still a squat purist but from a holistic perspective, training with a belt a will get you more gains and that's a good thing. Training with a belt and without a belt offer good synergy because there is a carry over there. All of this will be proven if i can get my vertical back to 32" now that i've started using a belt.

Quote from: adarqui on December 09, 2018, 09:53:34 pm

welcome gps watch squad, it's a game changer 

i dont think treadmill will translate too well, but you never know. i imagine if you were already proficient in road running, that treadmill could be swapped in/out etc. but, going from treadmill to roads/track could be rough.

very curious to see how it goes tho!

thanks! not sure when it will arrive cos i got it from o/seas but hopefully not longer a week or two. Super excited about it for some reason. I thought of getting an arm band for phone but that doesn't really get me that excited lol.

if anything sold me was your cool insta photos of your watch runs which convinced me 

today's speed run i was using 13.5km/hr and i found that if take longer strides i could run a bit easier. so i think my technique on the treadmill isn't quite as efficient as it might be on the road. i think on the treadmill ive been taking shorter strides to keep up with the speed of the belt? not sure. i have long legs so it's possible that either road or treadmill, but not both are more optimised for my body. will be intersting to test when i get the chance. but right now i have no way of measuring on the road which is why i haven't bothered to try running outside

Bodyweight(AM): 82.1kg (10th dec)
Diet compliance: 0/0 days
Daily Squat: 23/23 days
Daily Run: 22/22 days
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Ordered a GPS watch in case i start running outside. I'm prob going to do the majority of my running on the treadmill at home though. But i found a track about 25min drive that I can go occasionally and there is a nice road track around a lake near my place where they also hold weekly parkruns which  i can go if the weather permits. We'll see. I have no idea how my running on the treadmill will translate to running on other surfaces? Might do a test some time but right now im too unfit to bother really.