# Beltless pause squats **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Discussion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/beltless-pause-squats/4791 "2019-01-29T13:42:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SVRao](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ac91a4/32.png) [@SVRao](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/SVRao)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 1:42pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/beltless-pause-squats/4791/1 "2019-01-29T13:42:37Z")
I’m on week 4 of The Bridge 1.0 and I didn’t realize until this week that the pause and tempo squats were supposed to be done beltless. When I did pause squats without a belt this morning the weight on the bar for an RPE of 8 was around 20% less than with a belt from last week. I know that the focus should be on the RPE and not the weight on the bar, but I was just wondering if that is a reasonable difference between the belted pause squat and the beltless pause squat. Thank you for any insights. Sunil ---
**Author:** ![sgarciac07](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/96bed5/32.png) [@sgarciac07](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/sgarciac07)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/beltless-pause-squats/4791/2 "2019-01-29T14:26:36Z")
I think Jordan has said that doing all supplemental lifts without a belt is a way to manage load intensity so it doesn’t affect too much in recovery. ---
**Author:** ![cmoney](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/5f9b8f/32.png) [@cmoney](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/cmoney)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/beltless-pause-squats/4791/3 "2019-01-29T17:09:07Z")
Yes, that’s a reasonable difference. ---
**Author:** ![PWard](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/pward/32/6239_2.png) [@PWard](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/PWard)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 2:11am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/beltless-pause-squats/4791/4 "2019-01-30T02:11:44Z")
Yep, it’s fine, and I bet you’ll put weight on the bar fast in the next couple weeks.