I HATE squat pads

[oso0690]

I hate those damn pads that people use to help "relieve stress" from the traps/upper back on squats. I see no purpose in them unless someone medically has to. They just need to adapt to that bar being on them. What do you all think about those pads?

 

[djeclipse]

Most peple here don't use them.

 

[Cynical Simian]

Most peple here don't use them.

Yup.

Please confine stuff like this to the "morons at the gym" thread.

 

[taoiron]

My traps are my "pad"

 

[BiggT]

You mean the 'pussy pad' or 'maxi pad' as I always liked to call them.

All joking aside, they are ridiculous and make the bar less stable.

 

[Protobuilder]

Skip the pad. Use a pillow instead. Nice and fluffy that way.

 

[bignate73]

the hot dog bun

 

[Tweakle]

maxi pad, gotta use that one

they're for the guys who use the smith to squat.. members of the 'other' tribe.

 

[thrower75]

If you have to use one of those, do leg presses instead. If you squat without a pad, you naturally develope a nice groove behind your traps to put the bar on.


My stats:18 yrs. old, 320 lbs.
Bench: 370
DL:500
Clean:300
Squat:580

 

[Jim Ouini]

I'm always mildly insulted when I'm in the squat rack and someone trundles on over, points to the pad on the floor and asks 'You gonna use that?'

I dunno, maybe I look like someone that would use it

 

[Protobuilder]

LoL ^^

 

[bignate73]

maxi pad, gotta use that one

for extra protection...even on the heaviest days!

 

[Jim Ouini]

BTW, here is what I saw some guy using squatting next to me the other day

http://www.shapeupshop.com/fitness/gymacc/mantaray.htm

Honestly, he looked ridiculous with his belt cinched up and manta ray mounted on his traps as he pounded out his quarter squats.

 

[silver_shadow]

the smith in my gym permanently has a pad on it. i say let those guys do some heavy BTN presses without a pad and drop the weight onto their traps after every rep...

 

[BiggT]

lol, I have a friend who was training at a gym with a 'resident expert', some guy who looked like a 'big bodybuilder' to most smaller or average sized people and he told her that the only way top level guys do front squats is with a Sting Ray. Then I sent her pics of Tara Cunningham (100lb olympic gold medalist in '00) cleaning more than this 'Big BB' could front squat, Sting Ray or not, lol.

 

[vin01]

Once I built up some rear delts, the bar fits nicely into that groove on my back.

I know this should be a moron thrread, but I hate those dorks who half squat 135 with the pussy pad on..

 

[oso0690]

BTW, here is what I saw some guy using squatting next to me the other day

http://www.shapeupshop.com/fitness/gymacc/mantaray.htm

Honestly, he looked ridiculous with his belt cinched up and manta ray mounted on his traps as he pounded out his quarter squats.

Holy shit! almost 50$ for that stupid thing??? you could use half that money to buy the book starting strength and learn how to squat the proper way
and I'm still fairly new here, so sorry about the thread that should go in the morons at the gym thread

 

[silver_shadow]

Holy shit! almost 50$ for that stupid thing??? you could use half that money to buy the book starting strength and learn how to squat the proper way
and I'm still fairly new here, so sorry about the thread that should go in the morons at the gym thread

well, have you seen the guy using it in the pic... nuff said

 

[djeclipse]

BTW, here is what I saw some guy using squatting next to me the other day

http://www.shapeupshop.com/fitness/gymacc/mantaray.htm

Honestly, he looked ridiculous with his belt cinched up and manta ray mounted on his traps as he pounded out his quarter squats.

Ya, we have one of those at my gym, everyone but me and another guy uses it, even for the smith machine... just sad.

 

[oso0690]

I'm going to have a fuckin heart attack with this damn squat thing and these dumb jackass people. I was telling my friend that you should at least go to parallel and if lower if you can and this guy is overhearing me. He says "you shouldn't squat past parallel , it's bad for your knees." I was about to have a heart attack right then with this guys stupidity, i mean he's been a dickhead to my friend a couple of times and pretty much all he does is curl the pink girly weights. I asked him if he has anything to back himself up with that advice and he just said nevermind. I wanted to slap this guy upside the head after this, I know he was thinking, "oh he's only a kid, there's not way he can be right"

i know this should go into the moron's thread but since i already made this one why not..

By the way, when people asked me if I was going to use the puss pad laying on the ground, I always thought they were going to use it, not question why you're not using it....no wonder they never picked it up.

 

[Jim Ouini]

BTW, I had to touch the manta ray today with my bare hands. The same guy who was doing the 1/8 squats with 275 left not only the weights on the bar but also the manta ray still stuck on it. So I had to peel it off the bar.

 

[bignate73]

was it slimey and slippery? i hope you didn't touch the tail, it will sting you!

 

[oso0690]

Those things are trickey bastards! I hope you're okay

 

[Jim Ouini]

was it slimey and slippery? i hope you didn't touch the tail, it will sting you!

That woulda been the sting ray for front squats

 

[Jim Ouini]

Damn, I guess I have egg on my face. From Louie Simmons on 'What a Gym Needs'

For squatting and deadlifting, again weight releasers, chains, and bands should be used extensively on max effort day and speed day. An assortment of boxes to squat off of is vital. Also, a Manta Ray, a Safety Squat Bar, and for most powerlifters, a front squat harness are needed to change body leverage artificially.

 

[nsashbl01]

My wife has permanent scabs from the bar.

 

[xblitz44x]

BTW, here is what I saw some guy using squatting next to me the other day

http://www.shapeupshop.com/fitness/gymacc/mantaray.htm

Honestly, he looked ridiculous with his belt cinched up and manta ray mounted on his traps as he pounded out his quarter squats.

That thing is like synthetic traps. Implants.

 

[themanthatboinked]

There is a place for manta rays, and safety squat bars and etc etc.
Look at the westside boys to get an idea, things like that are used to stop you getting too used to it.
I agree maxipads are pathetic, terrible pieces of shit that offer nothing but confidence

Still anyone who uses these to bash out quarter squats with WAY more than he should be using deserves the ol' water torture.

 

[stilleto]

My traps are my "pad"

ditto.
those pads aren't necessary.