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Post by firefightertom322 on Nov 10, 2005 21:39:58 GMT -5
I think that they are safe and can prevent injury but lets see what you all think.
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Post by Thane on Nov 11, 2005 0:38:58 GMT -5
I believe they are safe, however, raw is raw. Belts should not even be allowed in a true raw lift.
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Post by Doug Parrish on Nov 11, 2005 7:29:36 GMT -5
I don't mean to sound like I'm contradicting myself, but I'm right down the middle on knee wraps. I'll train with wraps to go 95-98% for that extra rep or two (and to keep my patellas from splattering against the wall), but I compete without them.
God Bless.
Doug
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Post by firefightertom322 on Nov 11, 2005 9:23:29 GMT -5
You arent contradicting yourself. I listed knee and wrist wraps separately on the poll because you cant lump them together. Wrist wraps arent as protective as knee wraps. (Just an opinion) I cant prove this.
I hope enough people vote on the polls to help you out with your research.
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Post by Shane Gaydon on Nov 11, 2005 17:07:44 GMT -5
I believe they are safe, however, raw is raw. Belts should not even be allowed in a true raw lift. Thane, what exactly is a "true" raw lift? The term "raw" did not exist until the extreme suits and shirts came out. I like the term "old school" better. Lifters were wearing belts and wraps in the first powerlifting meets. I think a belt and wraps are just as much a part of powerlifting as the chalk, blood and sweat. I don't think many lifters ever really considered not using a belt or wraps until they started trying to define what "raw" was. |
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Post by firefightertom322 on Nov 14, 2005 12:34:23 GMT -5
well. It seems that people are mostly ok with wrist wraps but not knee wraps. That is exactly the opposite of what I thought we would get. How about that.
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