In Back to the Future, Part III, a grizzled gun fighter broke his knuckles against Michael J. Fox’s stomach, cleverly protected by a cast iron plate. An amateur lifter or a gym rat follows Marty McFly’s slick tradition and protects his soft underbelly with a foot-wide armored belt. Heavy ab training never crosses his mind. At best, he does a few sets of high-rep crunches or sit-ups to honor the beach season. Big mistake. Consider the analogy of boxers breaking their hands in street fights because they were not taught how to form a tight fist, the way bare-knuckle karate fighters do. Boxers’ wraps give their fists and wrists an artificial feeling of tightness.
It is tempting for a novice to put on cool-looking gear of the pros to immediately grab bragging rights to bigger lifts. Unfortunately, the gear creates artificial tightness and prevents the up-and-comer from developing torso strength. The amateur will pay for it later with injuries and strength plateaus.
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