I’ve just started on Strength 1 template. It calls for Overload Squats. I don’t have extra equipment. I searched the forum and found beltless squats with knee wraps is recommended.
My understanding is: an “overload” lift aims to create a non-linear loading, so the lift is easier when it’s at its sticky point and, in turn, is “overloaded” at the easy end. That’s what the knee wraps do.
My question is: why beltless? From my experience, the assistance from the belt is also non-linear. It is more prominent when I’m in the hole. To maximise the overloading, shouldn’t we do the squats with belt then?
Is it because we also need to take fatigue management into account and it is a compromise?
I’m not sure what you mean by non-linear loading. If you’re talking about a strength-curve, all human movement is non-linear in that respect.
Belts help improve velocity at a given load and reduces the moments creating the center of pressure.
The goal for the overload lift is to be ~10-20% heavier than the comp version (or what the comp lift performance would be on that day). Using both wraps and a belt might put this significantly higher.
Oops, I mean “variable loading”, not “non-linear”.
Belts help improve velocity at a given load and reduces the moments creating the center of pressure.
The goal for the overload lift is to be ~10-20% heavier than the comp version (or what the comp lift performance would be on that day). Using both wraps and a belt might put this significantly higher.
But comp version is done with belt. Without belt I can lift probably ~10-20% less compared to my comp squats. So, using wraps without belt doesn’t really give me the 10-20% overload w.r.t. my comp squats.