a belt for heavy deads and squats....I might be weening myself off of it for the squats though....
deads, I wear it because for some reason I am paranoid I am gonna blow my intestine threw my abdominal wall....a friend of mine had 2 hernia ops....but he doesn't do deads anyway....mental thing I guess.
and I wrap my bad knee for squats and deads.
I might have to start using straps for deads as well.....because I am losing gripping ability as the weight goes up.