Guest guest Posted March 6, 2002 Report Share Posted March 6, 2002 I am 30 year guy interested in weightlifting. I have been going to a gym for last 6 months. There is a new instructor there. He stopped me when i was doing full squats below parallel. First of all he thinks squats are always done to parallel or above parallel. He told me that if I squat below parallel, there is a great risk of hernia. To prevent that I must wear a very tight supporter. He recommended typical Indian supporter which is a loin-cloth (called LANGOT in hindi) that can be wore very tightly. I tried to find information about supporter on net. but couldn't get any. Can any of you guys explain? In India, a supporter is always insisted by gym-instructors for anybody doing any exercise with weights. Is it so in the elsewhere in world also? [No amount of any loin-cloth support like that is going to prevent a hernia, which, by the way, seems to have a genetic link. Anyway, the risk of hernia is very slight indeed and I know of very few lifters who have ever suffered one as a result of even maximal lifting, even without wearing tight clothing of any form. If you wish to decrease the IAP (Intra Abominal Pressure), then all that you have to do is release some air carefully from one's lungs, but this, of course, can compromise trunk stability during heavy lifting. As for that instructor's unwarranted beliefs about full squats, it is impossible to do any serious Olympic lifting without doing full squats. Mel Siff] Mangesh Sawant Mumbai, India ______________________ Looking for a job? Visit India Careers Visit http://in.careers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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