I'll be going home in a few weeks and my gym at home doesn't have a squat rack (the one with the safety pins on the side). I have gotten used to using the racks (when I fail, I simply go down a little lower and let the bar go on the pins), so I'm worried I'll have to squat without going to failure or risk big problems. I won't have a spotter to help me rack the weight back up either. Does anyone have any suggestion?
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06-06-2005, 12:44 PM #1
Squats without a squat rack/spotter?
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06-06-2005, 12:46 PM #2
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06-06-2005, 12:47 PM #3
Ok ok ok...Here
I have this: http://www.inertiafitness.com/produc...squat-rack.jpg
But I need this:
http://i.walmart.com/i/p/00/04/36/19...10_215X215.jpg
What I need are the safety pins to help me when I fail... Get it?Last edited by Eggwhites; 06-06-2005 at 12:53 PM.
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06-06-2005, 12:47 PM #4
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06-06-2005, 12:50 PM #5
I workout at home, and I don't use a squat rack. I just put the bar on my bench rack, sit on the end of the bench to get underneath it, then I lift it up on my back. Take a few steps away, do the reps, walk backwards a little bit and squat back down on the end of the bench so the bar rests on the bench rack. Took me a while to figure this out actually, but it works fine for me. Never had a problem with it.
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06-06-2005, 12:51 PM #6
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06-06-2005, 12:52 PM #7
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06-06-2005, 12:54 PM #8
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06-06-2005, 01:06 PM #9
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06-06-2005, 01:06 PM #10Originally Posted by Eggwhites
wait a minute you are telling me you bought a membership to a gym that does not own a squat rack?
What kind of gym does not have a ****ing squat rack?
Heres my advice find another gym and cancel your membership to the current one. Or you could talk to the owner of the gym about your issue.475/330/545 @ 242
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06-06-2005, 01:15 PM #11
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06-06-2005, 01:16 PM #12
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06-06-2005, 01:27 PM #13Originally Posted by trail of dead
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06-06-2005, 01:31 PM #14
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06-06-2005, 01:31 PM #15
Dude that rack you showed the one you have right now is fine. If you're going to failure and you get stuck you just put it on the part thats sticking out, stay inside the rack when you squat. You shouldn't be putting the safety pins much higher than that or you're not going down all the way in the first place.
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06-06-2005, 01:34 PM #16
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06-06-2005, 01:38 PM #17
holy F, i dont see how you can squat without a rack or get the bar on your shoulders either, and it doesnt sound too safe to me, i dont have to worry about anything because we have the best weightroom for a highschool in the state of maine. but good luck with that
age 14
5"8 200LBS
bench-235
deadlift- 375+
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06-06-2005, 01:39 PM #18
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06-06-2005, 01:45 PM #19
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06-06-2005, 01:48 PM #20
lol... It's funny that after so many posts, nobody is able to even figure out what my problem is... Are you guys retarted? Don't tell me not to go to failure if I want to go to failure. Don't tell me that I'm not going all the way down cuz I am. Just help me with my ****ing problem. Anyone out there smart enough to undertstand this and creative enough to help me? Jesus.
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06-06-2005, 01:48 PM #21
I know you don't want to hear to not go to failure, but don''t do it. I recommend instead training to 1 or 2 reps before failure. Increase your sets by 2 or 3. And workout the muscle twice a week. It usually takes the muscle 2-4 days to recover. IT takes the nervous system 6-8 days to recover. When you train to failure your nervous system needs the full 6-8 days. When you don't train to failure you can recover you nervouse system in about the same time it takes your muscles to recover and repair themselves. So you can have your muscles growing twice a week.
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06-06-2005, 01:54 PM #22
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06-06-2005, 02:02 PM #23
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06-06-2005, 02:11 PM #24
First, lose the attitude... I gonna be honest with you your kinda ****ed. Either, get the equipment for home and do them their or Make a friend at the gym and lift together. You could use DBs for squats which i hate or use the sled (if your crap gym has one) The sled is excellent. I would incorporated(swap for squats) deadlifts for quads, trunk stabolizers, etc. If you do deads till failure with leg curls, leg ext., and the sled. Your legs will be fried. as good as the squat. You could also to Squats (not to failure) move to deads to failure. Not that complicated...
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06-06-2005, 02:33 PM #25
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06-06-2005, 03:03 PM #26
When you cant move the bar upwards and your'e stuck in the bottom then just drop the bar behind you. It wasnt that difficult to figure out was it?
Warning! If you are stuck at the bottom of the squat with alot of weight you might lean forward and not be able to drop the bar behind you, in situations like that, then... i feel sorry for you.
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