Stupid Squat rack

[Distortion]

a funny thing happend to me yesterday. Usually I workout at my highschool cuz i like our squat racks and I dont like most of the people at gyms. But yesterday my highschool gym was closed so i went to the other gym. The only squat rack there is one of thoes smith machine type things. U know how it stays in the track.

Well as i was finishing up my 2nd set i locked the bar in place by twisting the bar. I bet u can guess what happens next. Well as i duck under to get of of the rack my neck catches the pad some how and the bar unlocks!!! In about .00000001 seconds i'm lying on the ground with the bar on me, but it wasn't touching me cuz the weights broke the fall first. Its strange it all happend so fast i dont know how i didn't get squised.. Lol there were only like 5 ppl in there so it was good. I guess i was kinda lucky cuz this hot chick just left right before I did that.

It probably looked the most funny to my friend sitting down about 10 feet away.

 

[Sebass67]

Holy crap....be careful bro...
That's crazy..
U were like one inch from death dude.

 

[Distortion]

i dunno.. it was strange. I ended u lying on my back but it the thing couldn't go all the way down luckily

 

[SSAlexSS]

a funny thing happend to me yesterday. Usually I workout at my highschool cuz i like our squat racks and I dont like most of the people at gyms. But yesterday my highschool gym was closed so i went to the other gym. The only squat rack there is one of thoes smith machine type things. U know how it stays in the track.

Well as i was finishing up my 2nd set i locked the bar in place by twisting the bar. I bet u can guess what happens next. Well as i duck under to get of of the rack my neck catches the pad some how and the bar unlocks!!! In about .00000001 seconds i'm lying on the ground with the bar on me, but it wasn't touching me cuz the weights broke the fall first. Its strange it all happend so fast i dont know how i didn't get squised.. Lol there were only like 5 ppl in there so it was good. I guess i was kinda lucky cuz this hot chick just left right before I did that.

It probably looked the most funny to my friend sitting down about 10 feet away.

Bro same thing happened to me yesterday!


I was unloading the weights off a squat rack. And I have no idea how one weight overpowerd the bar and let it fall down. The sound was so loud and I was so embarassed that I left the gym in 10 minutes, not fully ending my workout. I could hold 4 plates on one side of the bar and let it not rock over. But this 1 fucking plate did this.

Now I am uneazy about goin into a squat rack. This gave me nightmares. I couldnt get over 400 pounds falling on me breaking me up... DAMN!


ANyone know, how much can standart squat rack support of weight on both sides and not crush down? Since I do partial squat now I use lots of weight. But I kinda am uneasy about it.

Anyone know? can a squat rack hold up to 1000 pound barbell, or is ti too much for it and it weill bend and fall down?

 

[endpoint]

let that be a lesson.....never use a smith machine

SSAlexSS we had 700 in a home made power rack that doesnt appear to be as solid as a gym one. dropped the weight.....the rack shook hard and the pins are SLIGHTLY bent now. It wasnt from a great height maybe 12 inchs

i have heard claims of 10,000lb can be supported by pins in professional racks.

 

[The Shadow]

never use a smith machine

Why is that?? EMG anaylsis show Smith squats to be far superior at hitting the quads during a squat.

 

[endpoint]

squats are not a quad exercise.

call me in a few years when your knees are held together by artificial tendons, and you are in a wheel chair

 

[SSAlexSS]

let that be a lesson.....never use a smith machine

SSAlexSS we had 700 in a home made power rack that doesnt appear to be as solid as a gym one. dropped the weight.....the rack shook hard and the pins are SLIGHTLY bent now. It wasnt from a great height maybe 12 inchs

i have heard claims of 10,000lb can be supported by pins in professional racks.

Hi endpoint! Thans for answering.

Few questions:

How does a professional squat rack look? How does crappy squat rack look?
The power rack at my gym is kinda weird. The support bars deatachable and stuff.

Any ideas on the way to find out how much it can support (without tryint it)?

reply please!

thanx

 

[endpoint]

okay im lame at explaining but here we go.

The squat rack i have, and ones i have seen have 4 posts .
these 4 posts are L shaped brackets with holes drilled every inch or so. the post are not full steel tubing......just L shaped steel.

the pro ones i have seen have full tubes anout 1 1/2 inches thick. even better ones i have seen have really really small holes.

you have a thin metal rod, i think its called a guiding pin or something.
the guiding pin holds a metal rod. you thread the pin through the rack and metal rod.

"Any ideas on the way to find out how much it can support (without tryint it)? "
i guess you can sort of tell by the size of the tubes the thickness of steel, the rods.

the only way is to ask i guess.....the gym and the place manifactures it.
I went to a gym shop 2 days ago and the guy had info on all machines from the companys that made them. they have to supply them for saftey regulations........and possibly legal reasons.

 

[SSAlexSS]

okay im lame at explaining but here we go.

The squat rack i have, and ones i have seen have 4 posts .
these 4 posts are L shaped brackets with holes drilled every inch or so. the post are not full steel tubing......just L shaped steel.

the pro ones i have seen have full tubes anout 1 1/2 inches thick. even better ones i have seen have really really small holes.

you have a thin metal rod, i think its called a guiding pin or something.
the guiding pin holds a metal rod. you thread the pin through the rack and metal rod.

"Any ideas on the way to find out how much it can support (without tryint it)? "
i guess you can sort of tell by the size of the tubes the thickness of steel, the rods.

the only way is to ask i guess.....the gym and the place manifactures it.
I went to a gym shop 2 days ago and the guy had info on all machines from the companys that made them. they have to supply them for saftey regulations........and possibly legal reasons.

DO you know any sites that have such info?

reply please

thanx!