The waist measurement you provide should be the distance from the roller on the buckle to the center adjustment hole on tongue, as shown above.
#1 Choice: Measure your existing weight belt
No matter what style you own measure from the end of the roller to the hole most worn. This will be the most accurate.
#2 Choice: If you do not have an existing weight belt.
Measure your waist between your ribs and hips (around the belly button). Use a tape measure to get your “relaxed” measurement. You CANNOT use your pant size to determine the size of your belt.
Whichever method you choose, you must allow for whatever clothing you will be wearing during your workout (IE: Sweats, etc..)
Cardillo Sizing Chart:
Small -- 30"
Medium -- 33"
Large -- 36"
XL -- 39"
XXL -- 42"
Cardillo is the leading manufacturer of customized, high quality, hand crafted weight belts. We have been producing weight belts since 1988 and pride ourselves on our commitment to excellence and customer service.
Over the years, we have produced weight belts for professional athletes, celebrities, professional wrestlers and individuals who demand quality product that can be customized to their unique personality. A Cardillo weight belt is a reflection of its owner.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS:
- Currently working on “How A Champion Is Made,” a book on teenage weight training geared towards educating the parents on the benefit of weight training.
- Coordinated, designed, and distributed various weight lifting belts and other support devices for Bashlin Industries.
- Involved in extensive research and development in training techniques and nutritional programs for power lifters, world-class boxers, and other strength-related athletes.
- Designed, modeled and distributed own line of sports and casual wear - specifically developed for athletic builds.
- Won 1986 National Drug-Free Powerlifting Championship
- Designed and manufactured the Reebok Instapump Weight Lifting Belt in 1992.
| Cardillo has made belts for the following, just to name a few... |
Professional Athletes
Tony Amarte, Ray Bourque, Bo Jackson, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Bobby Orr, Shalwn Poulin, Roger Clemens, Andy Pettite, Jorge Posada, Derrick Jeter, Jason Giambi, Dave Wells, Chuck Knoblouch, Tino Martinez, Jeff Nelson, Eric Mendoza
Celebrities
Johnny Carson, Montel Williams, Steve Reeves
Professional Wrestlers
Brutus the Barber Beefcake
Giant
Hercules
Hill Billy Jim
Hulk Hogan
Legion of Doom - Hawk & Animal
Lex Luger
Macho Man Randy Savage A/K/A MADNESS
Shawn Michaels - WWF World Champion
Power & Glory
Ravishing Rick Rude
Dustin Rhodes - The Natural
The Undertaker
Sid Vicious
Warlord
Stone Cold Steve Austin
Ken Shamrock -Ultimate Fighting Champion |
MetRx Athletes
Troy Aikeman - Dallas Cowboy
Mike Woicik-Dallas Cowboy
Daryl 'Moose' Johnston-Dallas Cowboy
Darren Woodson - Dallas Cowboy
Bill Bates - Dallas Cowboy
Darrin Smith - Dallas Cowboy
Olympic Athletes
Eight Olympic Athletes from the following three countries: Russia, Poland, Germany
Professional Women Bodybuilders
Shelley Beattie - USA
Sharon Bruneau - Canada
Kim Chizevsky - USA
Melissa Coates - Canada
Tazzie Colomb - USA
Laura Creavalle - Guyana
Ericca Kern - USA
Sharon Marvel - USA
Denise Masino - USA
Lenda Murray - USA
Sandy Riddell - USA
Denise Rutkowski - USA
Mary Ellen Warmen - USA |
| Professional Men Bodybuilders |
| Achim Albrecht - Germany Aaron Baker - USA Charles Claimonte - England Ronnie Coleman - USA Chris Comier - USA Porter Cottrell - USA Roland Cziurlok - Germany David Dearth - USA Paul DeMayo - USA Berry DeMey - Holland Paul Dillett - Canada Chris Duffy - USA Lou Ferrigno - USA Michael Francois - USA |
Jean-Pierre Fux - Switzerland Rick Gaspari - USA Paul Jean-Guillaume - USA Roland Klikinger - Austria Kevin Lerone - USA Craig Licker - USA Don Long - USA Mike Matarazzo - USA Kevin McGaunn - USA Jim Mentis - USA Johnnie Morant - USA Thierry Pastel - France Lee Priest - Australia |
Jim Quinn - USA Mike Quinn - USA Shawn Ray - USA Eddie Robinson - USA Milos Sarcev - Yugoslavia Sonny Schmidt - Australia John Sherman - USA Joe Spinello - Canada Vince Taylor - USA Tom Varga - USA Flex Wheeler - USA Dorian Yates - England |
| CARDILLO MAKES AN UPLIFTING INNOVATION |
| BOSTON HERALD - Friday August 18, 1998 Bruised Hips, a sore lumbar, and 600 pounds on a steel bar. That's Steve Cardillo's recipe for innovation. A wildly painted Humvee parked on Broadway in Everett suggests the one time weightlifting champ has arrived. The pains and sweat from his days in the iron game are paying off. Steve Cardillo makes weightlifting belts to die for. Michael Jordan fancies them. Pro- wrestlers swear by them. Reebok licenses them. "I've never actually paid anyone to wear one," says the 36-year-old Cardillo - a late '70's hockey star at Everett High who's done millions in sales on a lemonade-stand endorsement budget. "But I have the crème de la crème" of celebrity users. That would be Dallas Cowboy Emmitt Smith, wrestling start Hulk Hogan, a slew of obscure but very large men in the world of powerlifting, and of course Jordan, who sports a Cardillo belt in a photo from is fawning picture book "Rare Air." Even the First Lifter, Bill Clinton, has tried Cardillo on for size. Weekend warriors like President Clinton and pro athletes alike use the leather belts for support while pumping iron. Hard-core types like Cardillo cinch their innards into knots to perform amazing feats of strength. |