# Bodybuilding 1 Belt? **URL:** \ **Category:** Training Q&A \[Moderated\]\ **Created:** [September 20, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928 "2023-09-20T22:17:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jmw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jmw](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jmw)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2023, 10:17pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928/1 "2023-09-20T22:17:38Z")
In the bodybuilding 1 template, should the HBBS be done wearing a belt? I know usually the templates usually specify “squat - belt” if it was to done with belt but I wanted to make sure. ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2023, 2:28pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928/2 "2023-09-21T14:28:40Z")
Yea, we moved away from that designation (w/ belt) because it wasn’t as clear as we wanted it to be. You _CAN_ use a belt for any exercise you want. If it were me, I would use them on the priority exercises I chose at a minimum, e.g. the ones you perform first in the session. ---
**Author:** ![Jmw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@Jmw](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jmw)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 12:40am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928/3 "2023-09-22T00:40:32Z")
Thanks Jordan! Would I miss out on any significant benefits in terms of bodybuilding if I performed all my lifts without a belt, or does it not make a difference? I ask this as someone who wants to take a break from using a belt. ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2023, 5:23pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928/4 "2023-09-22T17:23:37Z")
It should not make a difference. ---
**Author:** ![RVR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f0a364/32.png) [@RVR](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/RVR)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 1:30am UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928/5 "2023-09-23T01:30:21Z")
> [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](#): > > Yea, we moved away from that designation (w/ belt) because it wasn’t as clear as we wanted it to be. You _CAN_ use a belt for any exercise you want. If it were me, I would use them on the priority exercises I chose at a minimum, e.g. the ones you perform first in the session. Do you generally reserve it for work sets, or is it arbitrary? ---
**Author:** ![Austin\_Baraki](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/austin_baraki/32/1095_2.png) [@Austin\_Baraki](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Austin_Baraki)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928/6 "2023-09-23T15:29:55Z")
> [@RVR](#): > > Do you generally reserve it for work sets, or is it arbitrary? Preference. ---
**Author:** ![Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.barbellmedicine.com/jordan_feigenbaum/32/1315_2.png) [@Jordan\_Feigenbaum](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/u/Jordan_Feigenbaum)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://forum.barbellmedicine.com/t/bodybuilding-1-belt/13928/7 "2023-09-24T15:17:40Z")
No specific threshold, no. We wrote an article on this as well: > **[What Does a Weightlifting Belt Do and How Do They Work?](https://www.barbellmedicine.com/blog/the-science-of-weight-lifting-belts/)** > > Use of a lifting belt tends to increase lifting performance without reducing muscular activity of the trunk.