Official Pioneer Fitness Thread

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Post by mbasic » Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:51 am

..from the other thread
mbasic wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:19 am I put in an query to Pioneer . . . to see if they could custom make a Bulgarian style WL belt. . . . with the offset buckle.
I do not know if any other company is doing this; I never have seen them "commercially available".
Hopefully, they will do it.

If they make me one, I'm going to promote the hell out of it.
Post in on r/weightlifting, the WL Forums, etc. etc. etc.

I'm sure a lot of WeightLifters would buy. Just like they buy new shoes every six months.
Either functionality ; or just the nostalgic aspect.

I can't remember who it was, I thought it was Cummings or Maurus, someone hit their belt buckle with a clean or snatch in a big meet recently . . .threw them off, failed lift. With this setup, you buckle is off to the side somewhat. Not perfect, but better.

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Post by AaronM » Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:07 am

I just ordered a gun/work belt from Pioneer Fitness. Anyone else around here have one of those?

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Post by BenM » Mon Feb 05, 2018 11:36 am

OCG wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:48 am One box. And not that long ago, it was in 2017.
Yeah the international flat rate shipping is pretty new. I ordered my Pioneer belt last year during their July sale, and the intl shipping would have been expensive at the time. They changed to the flat rate a few months later.

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Post by chromoly » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm

Anyways, guys, I want to order a 4" 10mm single prong belt from Pioneer. I am having the hardest time deciding if I should get a brown leather belt with white stitching (I'd want it to look similar to this Titan belt: https://titansupport.com/product/longho ... rong-belt/), white leather, or blue suede with Exodus logo. I don't know what to get. HALP pls.

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Post by mgil » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm

AaronM wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:07 am I just ordered a gun/work belt from Pioneer Fitness. Anyone else around here have one of those?
I got one for my father 2 Christmases back. It’s excellent.

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chromoly wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm Anyways, guys, I want to order a 4" 10mm single prong belt from Pioneer. I am having the hardest time deciding if I should get a brown leather belt with white stitching (I'd want it to look similar to this Titan belt: https://titansupport.com/product/longho ... rong-belt/), white leather, or blue suede with Exodus logo. I don't know what to get. HALP pls.
Blue suede would be you!

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Post by AaronM » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:47 pm

chromoly wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm Anyways, guys, I want to order a 4" 10mm single prong belt from Pioneer. I am having the hardest time deciding if I should get a brown leather belt with white stitching (I'd want it to look similar to this Titan belt: https://titansupport.com/product/longho ... rong-belt/), white leather, or blue suede with Exodus logo. I don't know what to get. HALP pls.
Easy, go with the blue suede, it's beautiful.
mgil wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm
AaronM wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 10:07 am I just ordered a gun/work belt from Pioneer Fitness. Anyone else around here have one of those?
I got one for my father 2 Christmases back. It’s excellent.
Glad to hear it! Sick of buying cheap belts. I've hovered around 196lb long enough that I don't think my waist will go back up for a while, so I don't mind spending some money on a belt.

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Post by Manveer » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:50 pm

chromoly wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm Anyways, guys, I want to order a 4" 10mm single prong belt from Pioneer. I am having the hardest time deciding if I should get a brown leather belt with white stitching (I'd want it to look similar to this Titan belt: https://titansupport.com/product/longho ... rong-belt/), white leather, or blue suede with Exodus logo. I don't know what to get. HALP pls.
You’re not going to USAPL Raw Nationals?

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Post by mgil » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:53 pm

Manveer wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:50 pm
chromoly wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm Anyways, guys, I want to order a 4" 10mm single prong belt from Pioneer. I am having the hardest time deciding if I should get a brown leather belt with white stitching (I'd want it to look similar to this Titan belt: https://titansupport.com/product/longho ... rong-belt/), white leather, or blue suede with Exodus logo. I don't know what to get. HALP pls.
You’re not going to USAPL Raw Nationals?
She’s going on a Trip to Wichita Falls.

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Post by chromoly » Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:56 pm

Manveer wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:50 pm You’re not going to USAPL Raw Nationals?
Nah, I looked at my budget and it's just not there.

I can, however, afford a new belt. :)

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Post by Wilhelm » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:16 pm

That brown is damned handsome.

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Post by AaronM » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:19 pm

Speaking of blue suede, what's the best way to clean all the nasty white chalk off my blue suede Pioneer Fitness belt?

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Post by Idlehands » Mon Feb 05, 2018 3:41 pm

When we doing a group buy for the elephant pioneer belts?

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Post by PatrickDB » Mon Feb 05, 2018 4:26 pm

Anyone who doesn't have untreated leather straps from Pioneer is missing out. These rock.

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Post by Skid » Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:00 pm

Pioneer makes nice belts, and the customization options are cool. However for a competitive IPF weight lifter they obviously won't be allowed, and I don't blame Pioneer for not paying the outrageous and greedy IPF fees. Makes you wonder how the other belt makers afford it. Probably because they supply other equipment as well to spread out the costs over their product lines (with the exception of Best belts).

I also wouldn't buy any lever belt but an SBD after having both types. The adjustability is like a prong except you can make it tighter, plus the belt quality is right there at the top. You'd better like black though...

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Post by simonrest » Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:12 pm

Cody wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:55 am
Also, I bet it's going to be sweet!
well, I've cleared up the issue of importing exotic leathers into the country....

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Post by chromoly » Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:20 pm

Skid wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:00 pm for a competitive IPF weight lifter they obviously won't be allowed, and I don't blame Pioneer for not paying the outrageous and greedy IPF fees. Makes you wonder how the other belt makers afford it.
You say that, but I know people who have gotten belts that haven't been completely customized, i.e., relatively plain and look like they could pass as an Inzer, Best, or Titan belt.... No one competing at the international level, but for national and regional meets in the USAPL, you technically need IPF-approved gear.
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Post by PatrickDB » Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:22 pm

chromoly wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 2:45 pm Anyways, guys, I want to order a 4" 10mm single prong belt from Pioneer. I am having the hardest time deciding if I should get a brown leather belt with white stitching (I'd want it to look similar to this Titan belt: https://titansupport.com/product/longho ... rong-belt/), white leather, or blue suede with Exodus logo. I don't know what to get. HALP pls.
I'd go blue suede with with Exodus logo. White leather in second.

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Post by simonrest » Mon Feb 05, 2018 9:37 pm

chromoly wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:20 pm
Skid wrote: Mon Feb 05, 2018 5:00 pm for a competitive IPF weight lifter they obviously won't be allowed, and I don't blame Pioneer for not paying the outrageous and greedy IPF fees. Makes you wonder how the other belt makers afford it.
You say that, but I know people who have gotten belts that haven't been completely customized, i.e., relatively plain and look like they could pass as an Inzer, Best, or Titan belt.... No one competing at the international level, but for national and regional meets in the USAPL, you technically need IPF-approved gear.
down here PA made us have only gear from the IPF list for local meets. A middle aged woman in her first comp, lifitng baby weights, and they wouldn't let her use her no name belt and wrist wraps.

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