squat technique

[mphowells]

Hi,

I've just moved gyms and after spending the last 3 weeks just getting used to the new weights/machines/layout etc etc I am just starting to put together an HST program when something dawned on me..

The squat rack in the new gym has built in (can't be moved) safety bars on the side which means that at my given hight and the safety bars given hight I will not be able to go right to the ground with my squat which is what I used to do in the old gym's squat rack which had movable safety bars.

Is this sh*t or am I just stressing for no reason? From being a member on here for sometime I have come to learn the importance of the squat for core.

thanks

 

[al420]

If you can't go all the way down it isn't technically a squat.

Sounds like you have no choice but to find a diff gym.

 

[princesa]

can you use a box, then maybe put some plates underneath????

just a thought

 

[b fold the truth]

No place else to squat? You can't squat outside the rack?

My first good squat rack was a pair of 55 gallon steel drums.

They can be made easily also with a couple pieces of steel, old tires, and concrete as well.

 

[al420]

No place else to squat? You can't squat outside the rack?

My first good squat rack was a pair of 55 gallon steel drums.

They can be made easily also with a couple pieces of steel, old tires, and concrete as well.

I love you buddy.

MAKE IT WORK!!!!!!!!

 

[PoweredUp]

Hi,

I've just moved gyms and after spending the last 3 weeks just getting used to the new weights/machines/layout etc etc I am just starting to put together an HST program when something dawned on me..

The squat rack in the new gym has built in (can't be moved) safety bars on the side which means that at my given hight and the safety bars given hight I will not be able to go right to the ground with my squat which is what I used to do in the old gym's squat rack which had movable safety bars.

Is this sh*t or am I just stressing for no reason? From being a member on here for sometime I have come to learn the importance of the squat for core.

thanks

Who told you to use a squat rack?

 

[tropo]

Who told you to use a squat rack?

Yeah, it should be easy to pick up 300 + pounds off the floor and put it behind the neck, right?

 

[captainahole]

Yeah, it should be easy to pick up 300 + pounds off the floor and put it behind the neck, right?

lol. Better than that put just a bar with 2 45s on it and have someone load it while you stand there.

 

[PoweredUp]

Yeah, it should be easy to pick up 300 + pounds off the floor and put it behind the neck, right?

Maybe I am using different terminology that some of you. To me, "squat rack" has always been an interchangeable term with the Smith Machine. I always refer to the Power Rack as the free weight version.

 

[cmarcell]

A squat rack is a rack made simply for squats. It has a few pegs for the bar to sit on (depending on your height) and safety legs (usually not a bar, but flat surfaces on both sides). These are always low enough for me (6 feet tall) to go below parallel.

A power rack is used for other exercises as well as squats. There are usually hooks to hold the bar every few inches covering the whole height of the rack, and on both sides (in other words, you can stand in the middle, and walk in either direction to rack). They come with safety bars that you can put wherever you want. Most of the time they also come with something to do pull ups on as well.

A smith machine is not free weight. The other 2 are. This machine has a bar being aided with a pulley system. These do not have safety bars but have hooks going up the whole height like a power rack. The bar on the smith machine can be rotated to latch onto something which holds the bar in place.

Okay so I'm not the best at explaining things, but that's the difference. You can probably google some images.

 

[PoweredUp]

A squat rack is a rack made simply for squats. It has a few pegs for the bar to sit on (depending on your height) and safety legs (usually not a bar, but flat surfaces on both sides). These are always low enough for me (6 feet tall) to go below parallel.

A power rack is used for other exercises as well as squats. There are usually hooks to hold the bar every few inches covering the whole height of the rack, and on both sides (in other words, you can stand in the middle, and walk in either direction to rack). They come with safety bars that you can put wherever you want. Most of the time they also come with something to do pull ups on as well.

A smith machine is not free weight. The other 2 are. This machine has a bar being aided with a pulley system. These do not have safety bars but have hooks going up the whole height like a power rack. The bar on the smith machine can be rotated to latch onto something which holds the bar in place.

Okay so I'm not the best at explaining things, but that's the difference. You can probably google some images.

No need for to google te images..we have them all at my gym. I just wasn't sure of the exact terminology between the squat rack and the power rack. The Smith Machine is easy to remember because that's the machine to stay as far away as possible...

 

[b fold the truth]

...two 55 gallon steel drums and your problem is solved...

 

[mphowells]

...two 55 gallon steel drums and your problem is solved...

I'll see what the gym have lying around!!!

Ha ha in truth I think thats feasible from home but not the gym, I'll give it some thought.

Not sure about the question over who said I need a squat rack. Nobody said it but it's what I use and have used for squatting.