AAAAAAAAAAARGH. They got rid of their only power rack so that they can put in a new super-smith machine…IT MOVES IN ALL 3 PLANES!!! Fuck me. They have 2 other smith machines, and hell 2 squat racks (one of which is never used). They HAD to get rid of the fucking power rack?
update: ok, so the rack arrived. It actually has safety bars on it. It’s like a smith combined with a regular rack. Here’s the thing though, it’s VERY wide. So resting a bar on the safety bars there’s not much room between where the safety bars end and the knobs on either end of the olympic bar start. There’s like a half inch per side. Really a pain in the ass. Plus the rack is very cluttered, there’s pins and bars all over the place.
So I’ve made a decision; I’m going to destroy the rack. It’s the cheapest piece of shit I’ve ever seen. The safety bars are the flimsiest pieces of shit I’ve ever seen. They might actually be hard plastic. I’m going to rack pull 500 and let it snap them when I re-rack it. The mechanism on the smith portion of it looks cheap as hell, and loose. I’m going to do some sort of explosive movement, maybe cleans?, and see if I can tear the damn thing apart.
I kind of hope the ASE certified personal trainers that lobbied for this thing look on in horror as I demolish this piece of shit. I hope they cry. Their tears will be post workout drink.
[quote]polo77j wrote:
time to switch gyms my friend[/quote]
yup. It’s actually a network of gyms, I’m trying to find out if they ALL got rid of their power racks, or just this one. I don’t need a rack for my chest/tri/shoulder day, but for posterior chain days, and leg days I almost certainly do.
[quote]polo77j wrote:
pushmepullme wrote:
JLu wrote:
What can a power rack be used for that a squat rack can’t?
Rack pulls, rack lockouts, some band work?
Own’d[/quote]
With a bit of ingenuity and time, you can do lockouts and rack pulls in a squat rack. It’s just a big pain in the ass and I’m glad my gym has two racks
Are you pissed because you won’t be able to do back squats any more, or all the other shit you can do in a rack? My comment was assuming the former. If it’s the later, then yeah, shit’s lame bro.
I have a rack in my house, so kind of a moot point for me
update: ok, so the rack arrived. It actually has safety bars on it. It’s like a smith combined with a regular rack. Here’s the thing though, it’s VERY wide. So resting a bar on the safety bars there’s not much room between where the safety bars end and the knobs on either end of the olympic bar start. There’s like a half inch per side. Really a pain in the ass. Plus the rack is very cluttered, there’s pins and bars all over the place.
So I’ve made a decision; I’m going to destroy the rack. It’s the cheapest piece of shit I’ve ever seen. The safety bars are the flimsiest pieces of shit I’ve ever seen. They might actually be hard plastic. I’m going to rack pull 500 and let it snap them when I re-rack it. The mechanism on the smith portion of it looks cheap as hell, and loose. I’m going to do some sort of explosive movement, maybe cleans?, and see if I can tear the damn thing apart.
I kind of hope the ASE certified personal trainers that lobbied for this thing look on in horror as I demolish this piece of shit. I hope they cry. Their tears will be post workout drink.
[quote]
I kind of hope the ASE certified personal trainers that lobbied for this thing look on in horror as I demolish this piece of shit. I hope they cry. Their tears will be post workout drink. [/quote]
Mixed with Surge, of course.
I wonder if the sales guy that sold this to your gym is laughing all the way to the bank.
Just make sure to step clear when you drop the 500lb rack pull onto the contraption
