Question about mini bands and squat

[coolcolj]

I'm not training for powerlifting but this is still relevant


With the powerack at my gym, the only place I can loop the bands around are the safety pins.

This means the band tension is gonna be less than if it were at the bottom. So I thought maybe if I just get a set of mini bands and loop it around twice over the bar. Would this work? So it would be more or less the same tension as a light band?

 

[DOM]

Coolcolj

You can anchor the bands to a couple heavy hex dumbells. Or if your gym doesn't have hexes, I've even had success anchoring them by running them under a couple 45lb plates.

If you double minis for squat they'll stretch out really fast.

 

[coolcolj]

OK thanks

 

[CrimsonKing]

is the rack bolted to the floor? if not why not lift one side and throw the band under the cross bar on the bottom of the rack?

 

[coolcolj]

I think its bolted. It ain't moving

Guess I'll use dumbells, but not sure I'm so keen in dragging 2x 100lb dumbells some 30 metres to the power rack - guess I could work my grip ala farmer's walk while I'm at it

Crimson - you work out at home alone right?
So when you adjust the tension of the bands, do you just squat the empty bar back onto the power rack uprights?

 

[CrimsonKing]

Crimson - you work out at home alone right?
So when you adjust the tension of the bands, do you just squat the empty bar back onto the power rack uprights?

I loop the band under my rack by lifting each side then I attached it to the bar that is loaded on the hooks after loading it with weight. Sometimes it takes two hands to stretch the band to the bar!