6: Lifting Belts, Why I Started Bodybuilding & Is Foam Rolling Worth It?

In today's Q&A episode, Lawrence discusses a range of bodybuilding and physiotherapy topics. He answers two very common questions around the use of lifting belts and foam rollers and also tackles some more personal questions like why he got started bodybuilding in the first place. Lawrence also gets to put his "physio nerd" hat on by delving into a question around the use of hamstring grafts for ACL surgeries. Thank you so much for listening, please share this episode to your IG story and tag @general.muscle if you want to spread the word about the show. If you want to help the show in another way, please leave a rating and review on your podcast platform of choice. References: - Foam rolling for delayed-onset muscle soreness and recovery of dynamic performance measures. (Pearcey et al, 2015) - Lower medial hamstring activity after ACL reconstruction during running: a cross-sectional study. (Einarrson et al, 2021) - Quadriceps and Hamstring Strength Recovery During Early Neuromuscular Rehabilitation After ACL Hamstring-Tendon Autograft Reconstruction (Harput et al, 2015) - The effects of a weight belt on trunk and leg muscle activity and joint kinematics during the squat exercise (Zink et al, 2001)